Belgian Politics & Elections: Federal, regional & EP elections on June 9, 2024

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

"Genocide" most often means, in the present, "mass killing of people I want to highlight for political points and/or to make myself feel good/bad".
If the term is taken to mean any large killing of people for any reason it becomes utterly useless.
But that is what overuse of terminology results in anyway...
"Genocide" and "mass killing" are not necessarily synonyms. It is fine for there to be a legal definition that courts can use. But abusing that definition for sake of political football is clownish behavior that somehow seems to be in vogue these days.
And something isn't suddenly OK just because it isn't a genocide.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Rousseau has had a complaint against him made by a 24 year old over sexual offenses, his career appears to be soon finished.

Labhib the Foreign Secretary will also likely resign soon over the Iran visas after she was caught changing her story several times but the MR President Bouchez is pulling out all the stops and trying to do a double or nothing bet on her staying as he really wanted her to front the Brussels campaign after sacrificing Alexia Bertrand to get her. It appears the Vivaldi could even break apart over this issue as De Croo initially backed her and looks very weak now. Given that Ecolo minister Schlitz was forced to resign over much less and with MR being part of the wolf pack, they look snookered on this issue. This could also preticipate Bouchez's end as MR President : not only is he intensely disliked by all coalition partners including VLD for his attacks, leading to MR losing out on issues such as these, but internally the Michel clan realise he is a busted flush and a liability when what the Michels care about is just securing cushy jobs for the boys and their friends, not pursuing a populist-Right agenda.

Where do people like Rousseau go after they've been driven from electoral politics?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Rousseau has had a complaint against him made by a 24 year old over sexual offenses, his career appears to be soon finished.

Labhib the Foreign Secretary will also likely resign soon over the Iran visas after she was caught changing her story several times but the MR President Bouchez is pulling out all the stops and trying to do a double or nothing bet on her staying as he really wanted her to front the Brussels campaign after sacrificing Alexia Bertrand to get her. It appears the Vivaldi could even break apart over this issue as De Croo initially backed her and looks very weak now. Given that Ecolo minister Schlitz was forced to resign over much less and with MR being part of the wolf pack, they look snookered on this issue. This could also preticipate Bouchez's end as MR President : not only is he intensely disliked by all coalition partners including VLD for his attacks, leading to MR losing out on issues such as these, but internally the Michel clan realise he is a busted flush and a liability when what the Michels care about is just securing cushy jobs for the boys and their friends, not pursuing a populist-Right agenda.

Where do people like Rousseau go after they've been driven from electoral politics?

He is part of the Socialist family so he will end up at  their mutelle (his mother is an ex-Vooruit member who runs it), a trade union job, a think tank position, you name it. He might have presented himself as a political outsider but he is extremely well connected.

Your rundown of this is quite appreciated, thanks.
I apologize for asking this, but the term "mutelle" isn't really turning up anything on Google. "Mutuelle" implies something related to insurance...is that what you were meaning?