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What will they do now in Belgium?

This blog had a piece about the disgraceful behaviour of the Belgian Government under the “liberal” Guy Verhofstadt and some Belgian courts in April. We pointed out that Mr Verhofstadt was conducting an entirely unjustified hunt against the Flemish separatist party, the Vlaams Blok.

The Vlaams Blok has been accused of being racist and xenophobic and under laws passed soon after Mr Verhofstadt coming to power this means a deprivation of state financing – death to a political party in Belgium – and stringent fines on anyone who is involved with such an organization or works for it.

For a while various courts refused to pass the judgement demanded by the Belgian government, arguing that a political party must be judged by the voters. They have, indeed, judged it by making it the most popular party in the country. In the European elections of June it received over 13 per cent of the vote and in the Flemish regional elections at the same time they received over 24 per cent. Present polls show that they now have over 26 per cent support in Flanders, which accounts for 60 per cent of Belgium’s population and is the productive part of the country.