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Le Classement Complet De Septembre 2013 Médiamètre politique RTBF-Auxipress Septembre 2013 Ministres, secrétaires d’Etat et Présidents de parti Médiamètre politique RTBF-Auxipress Septembre 2013 Commentaires D’un point de vue médiatique, la rentrée de septembre semble remettre un peu d’ordre dans les rangs du monde politique. Après deux mois sans briller, Bart De Wever retrouve sa seconde place au sein du médiamètre politique. Septembre aura été pour lui le mois où, dès la rentrée, il aura dû remettre un peu d’ordre dans les déclarations de ses collaborateurs à propos du programme de la NV-A. Mais c’est aussi le mois où le Roi Phillippe et la reine Mathilde auront fait leur joyeuse entrée à Anvers, un événement très commenté. Le Premier ministre Elio Di Rupo garde en revanche tout le monde politique à belle distance et dépasse largement les 10% de taux d’occupation des médias. Didier Reynders recule sur la 3ème marche du podium après un mois d’août loin devant tout le monde, Kris Peeters réintègre le top 5 et Joëlle Milquet ferme la marche… …Juste devant l’homme du mois Jean-Pascal Labille. Le Ministre des entreprises publiques intègre en effet le top 10 de chaque media. Jean-Pascal Labille est un peu un cas particulier. Il a remplacé Paul Magnette début 2013 et continue d’affirmer qu’il ne sera pas candidat aux prochaines élections. En attendant, il est sollicité par l’actualité de son mandat et existe médiatiquement. Deux dossiers l’ont accaparé au mois de septembre: Le dossier des nominations à la SNCB mais surtout Belgacom empêtré dans des dossiers d’espionnage et de bonne ou mauvaise gouvernance selon l’angle sous lequel on observe la situation. S’ajoute à cela le cas particulier de Bellens qui commence à irriter. Des dossiers où le Ministre Labille n’a pas sa langue en poche et aborde chaque problème de manière assez transparente. Autre rentrée remarquée, celle du gouvernement wallon. Les fêtes de Wallonie et la fête de la Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles ont été l’occasion pour l’équipe de Rudy Demotte de resserrer les rang. Demotte occupe en effet le terrain médiatique wallon depuis le mois d’août. Les accords de la Sainte Emilie ont été signés. Ils marquent les transferts de compétences liées à la 6ème réforme de l’Etat. Pour les fêtes de Wallonie, Rudy Demotte a aussi laissé de côté son concept de nationalisme wallon, qui lui avait valu de nombreuses critiques, pour parler d’enthousiasme constructif et annoncer le plein emploi en Wallonie en 2025. Cette annonce du plein emploi lui aura aussi valu quelques grincements de dents . Notamment de la part de l’opposition et du bouillonnant Willy Borsus qui n’aura pas manqué de commenter chaque sortie du Ministre Président. En Wallonie aussi, c’est certain, les discours électoralistes ont commencé . Mai 2014 est en ligne de mire. Auxipress © Confidentiel Ministres, secrétaires d’Etat et Présidents de parti Médiamètre politique RTBF-Auxipress Septembre 2013 Top 20 Août 2013 du taux d’occupation des médias par politique Taux d'occupation (tous Taux d'occupation par média Presse Radio/Tv Internet les médias confondus) Elio Di Rupo 10,0% 10,7% 11,5% 10,8% Bart De Wever 8,7% 6,9% 5,9% 7,2% Didier Reynders 5,0% 9,3% 5,9% 6,7% Kris Peeters 5,8% 5,6% 4,9% 5,5% Joëlle Milquet 2,7% 4,2% 4,9% 3,9% Jean-pascal Labille 2,9% 4,1% 3,6% 3,5% Laurette Onkelinx 3,3% 2,8% 3,7% 3,2% Johan Vande Lanotte 3,1% 3,1% 3,0% 3,1% Maggie De Block 3,2% 2,6% 3,1% 3,0% Melchior Wathelet 2,3% 2,0% 3,5% 2,6% Charles Michel 2,1% 2,7% 2,6% 2,5% Rudy Demotte 2,2% 2,1% 2,3% 2,2% Annemie Turtelboom 1,9% 2,0% 2,5% 2,1% Philippe Muyters 2,0% 2,6% 1,5% 2,1% Jean-Marc Nollet 1,3% 2,2% 2,4% 2,0% Rudi Vervoort 1,5% 2,4% 2,0% 2,0% Paul Magnette 2,1% 1,5% 2,1% 1,9% Hendrik Bogaert 2,0% 2,4% 1,3% 1,9% Alexander De Croo 1,3% 2,4% 1,8% 1,9% Jean-Claude Marcourt 2,2% 1,2% 2,0% 1,8% Auxipress © Confidentiel Ministres, secrétaires d’Etat et Présidents de parti Médiamètre politique RTBF-Auxipress Septembre 2013 Elio di Rupo versus Bart De Wever (Presse écrite) 1600 1449 Bart De Wever 1400 1341 Elio Di Rupo 1247 1200 958 1000 800 840 621 581 552 600 555 608 664 608 506 663 411 581 435 388 400 467 441 441 256 356 200 0 oct.-12 nov.-12 déc.-12 janv.-13 févr.-13 mars-13 avr.-13 mai-13 juin-13 juil.-13 août-13 sept.-13 Auxipress © Confidentiel Ministres, secrétaires d’Etat et Présidents de parti Médiamètre politique RTBF-Auxipress Septembre 2013 Elio di Rupo versus Bart De Wever (radio/TV) 300 260 Bart De Wever 250 Elio Di Rupo 204 200 213 158 145 150 150 122 114 100 106 101 100 84 75 97 57 49 43 75 47 49 50 50 30 31 0 20 sept.-12 oct.-12 nov.-12 déc.-12 janv.-13 févr.-13 mars-13 avr.-13 mai-13 juin-13 juil.-13 août2 -13 sept.-13 Auxipress © Confidentiel Ministres, secrétaires d’Etat et Présidents de parti Médiamètre politique RTBF-Auxipress Septembre 2013 Elio di Rupo versus Bart De Wever (Internet) 2500 2215 Bart De Wever 2053 Elio Di Rupo 2000 1500 1296 1210 1247 1332 1029 969 840 1000 714 726 710 689 804 612 855 586 620 404 500 378 684 492 471 508 245 276 0 sept.-12 oct.-12 nov.-12 déc.-12 janv.-13 févr.-13 mars-13 avr.-13 mai-13 juin-13 juil.-13 août-13 sept.-13 Auxipress © Confidentiel Ministres, secrétaires d’Etat et Présidents de parti Médiamètre politique RTBF-Auxipress Septembre 2013 Top 10 : Nombre d'articles (Presse) 900 800 765 700 663 600 500 443 379 400 300 248 247 234 224 204 200 100 0 Elio Di Rupo Bart De Wever Kris Peeters Didier Reynders Laurette Onkelinx Maggie De Block Johan Vande Jean-pascal Joëlle Milquet Lanotte Labille Auxipress © Confidentiel Ministres, secrétaires d’Etat et Présidents de parti Médiamètre politique RTBF-Auxipress Septembre 2013 Nombre d'articles (Presse) Nombre d'articles (Presse) John Crombez 73 Thierry Giet 66 Melchior Wathelet 178 Jo Vandeurzen 58 Bruno De Lille 57 Freya Van den Bossche 167 Olivier Chastel 56 Jean-Claude Marcourt 164 Brigitte Grouwels 55 Rudy Demotte 164 Philippe Henry 52 Charles Michel 163 Olivier Maingain 51 Emilie Hoyos 51 Paul Magnette 163 Jean-Marie Dedecker 44 Hendrik Bogaert 155 Servais Verherstraeten 44 Philippe Muyters 154 Emir Kir 42 Pascal Smet 149 Fadila LAANAN 42 Christos Doulkeridis 41 Annemie Turtelboom 144 Ingrid Lieten 40 Bruno Tobback 140 Sabine Laruelle 40 Pieter De Crem 121 Olivier Deleuze 39 Koen Geens 117 Evelyne HUYTEBROECK 37 Vincent Van … 37 Rudi Vervoort 116 Karl-Heinz Lambertz 36 Hilde Crevits 106 Eliane Tillieux 34 Geert Bourgeois 104 Marie-Martine Schyns 27 Jean-Marc Nollet 102 Céline Fremault 26 Oliver Paasch 22 Alexander De Croo 102 Philippe Courard 21 André Antoine 97 Mischaël Modrikamen 19 Guy Vanhengel 97 Wouter Van Besien 19 Wouter Beke 90 Bernard Clerfayt 19 Isabelle Weykmans 15 Joke Schauvliege 82 Bernard Wesphael 14 Paul Furlan 80 Jean-Luc Vanraes 2 Benoît Lutgen 80 Harald Mollers 2 Bruno Valkeniers 1 0 50 100 150 200 0 20 40 60 80 Auxipress © Confidentiel Ministres, secrétaires d’Etat et Présidents de parti Médiamètre politique RTBF-Auxipress Septembre 2013 Top 10 : Nombre de reportages (Radio/TV) 160 150 140 131 120 97 100 79 80 59 58 60 44 39 38 37 40 20 0 Elio Di Rupo Didier Reynders Bart De Wever Kris Peeters Joëlle Milquet Jean-pascal Johan Vande Laurette Charles Michel Philippe Labille Lanotte Onkelinx Muyters Auxipress © Confidentiel Ministres, secrétaires d’Etat et Présidents de parti Médiamètre politique RTBF-Auxipress Septembre 2013 Nombre de reportages (Radio/TV) Nombre de reportages (Radio/TV) Joke Schauvliege 11 Maggie De Block 36 Koen Geens 11 Jo Vandeurzen 10 Guy Vanhengel 36 Olivier Maingain 10 Alexander De Croo 34 Olivier Deleuze 10 Olivier Chastel 9 Rudi Vervoort 33 Brigitte Grouwels 7 Hendrik Bogaert 33 Bernard Clerfayt 7 John Crombez 7 Jean-Marc Nollet 31 Emir Kir 6 Rudy Demotte 30 Geert Bourgeois 6 Vincent Van Quickenborne 6 Melchior Wathelet 28 Sabine Laruelle 6 Annemie Turtelboom 28 Servais Verherstraeten 5 Céline Fremault 4 Pieter De Crem 25 Philippe Henry 4 Freya Van den Bossche 23 Bernard Wesphael 4 Hilde Crevits 23 Jean-Marie Dedecker 4 Wouter Beke 4 Pascal Smet 22 Eliane Tillieux 3 Paul Magnette 21 Philippe Courard 3 Evelyne HUYTEBROECK 2 Jean-Claude Marcourt 17 Karl-Heinz Lambertz 2 André Antoine 16 Ingrid Lieten 2 Thierry Giet 1 Bruno Tobback 15 Jean-Luc Vanraes 0 Emilie Hoyos 15 Fadila LAANAN 0 Harald Mollers 0 Marie-Martine Schyns 13 Oliver Paasch 0 Benoît Lutgen 13 Isabelle Weykmans 0 Mischaël Modrikamen 0 Christos Doulkeridis 12 Wouter Van Besien 0 Paul Furlan 12 Bruno Valkeniers 0 Bruno De Lille 11 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 0 10 20 30 40 Auxipress © Confidentiel Ministres, secrétaires d’Etat et Présidents de parti Médiamètre politique RTBF-Auxipress Septembre 2013 Top 10 Août 2013: Nombre d'articles (Internet) 1400 1332 1200 1000 800 684 681 570 600 563 425 411 409 400 361 351 200 0 Elio Di Rupo Bart De Wever Didier Reynders Kris Peeters Joëlle Milquet Laurette Jean-pascal Melchior Maggie De Johan Vande Onkelinx Labille Wathelet Block Lanotte Auxipress © Confidentiel Ministres, secrétaires d’Etat et Présidents de parti Médiamètre politique RTBF-Auxipress Septembre 2013 Nombre d'articles (Internet) Nombre d'articles (Internet) Charles Michel 306 Annemie Turtelboom 285 Hilde Crevits 77 Jean-Marc Nollet 279 Bruno De Lille 73 Rudy Demotte 260 Olivier Deleuze 73 Paul Magnette 248 Brigitte Grouwels 60 Jean-Claude Marcourt 234 Philippe Henry 58 Rudi Vervoort 230 Evelyne HUYTEBROECK 56 Koen Geens 223 Céline Fremault 49 Pieter De Crem 213 Servais Verherstraeten Alexander De Croo 211 48 André Antoine 184 Vincent Van Quickenborne 42 Philippe Muyters 178 Philippe Courard 40 Guy Vanhengel 170 Jo Vandeurzen 38 Thierry Giet 161 Fadila LAANAN 28 Hendrik Bogaert
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