27. März 2008
Benoît Lechat is responsible for research at Etopia, the think-tank and political foundation of the Belgium’s greens.
Born in Eupen in 1960, he graduated in philosophy and communication. He started his career working as a journalist for BRTn and Agence Belga where he covered the social and political Belgian news. In 1999, he became Isabelle Durant’s spokesman, then Minister of Mobility from Ecolo. Since 2004, he has been responsible for Etopia's publications and publishes the Revue Etopia, a political ecology journal.
He is the author of many articles on Belgian politics and particularly on Belgian community problems which are published in the Belgian Revue Nouvelle.