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- ↑ "Élu, l'ex-PTB Youssef Handichi a ramené peu de voix aux libéraux". L'Avenir (in French). 10 June 2024.
- ↑ "Youssef Handichi et Alexia Bertrand : les coulisses d'un coup de foudre politique". Sudinfo.be (in French). 5 April 2024.
- ↑ "Brussels lawmaker makes unlikely move from PTB to MR". The Brussels Times . 6 March 2024.
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