¿Extrema derecha el Vlaams Belang?
A mi me parece que este partido no es de extrema derecha, sino liberal-conservador. Este artículo explica la historia del partido -continuador del ilegalizado Vlaams Blok- así como el acoso a que está siendo sometido en la actualidad:
The party was convicted on the basis of an anthology of as few as 16 texts published by various local Vlaams Blok chapters between 1996 and 2000. Though many of these texts simply quoted official statistics on crime rates and social welfare expenditure the court posited that they had been published with “an intention to contribute to a campaign of hatred.” One of the texts, which dealt with the position of women in fundamentalist muslim societies, was written by Belkiz Sögütlü, a female Turkish-born Vlaams Blok member who had herself been raised in such an environment.
Following the verdict the Vlaams Blok was forced to disband. Its leaders, however, promptly founded another party, the Vlaams Belang (which means “Flemish Interest”). It went on to win the next elections. At this moment the Vlaams Belang is again in court. The Council of State, a Belgian administrative court, will rule early next year whether or not to defund the party. This is an attempt to kill it by depriving it of its finances. Ten years ago the Belgian authorities decided to make it illegal for political parties to accept private donations. Instead they have since been subsidised by the state in accordance with the number of votes gained in the last elections. Parties that are considered to be “enemies of the state” can, however, be defunded on the grounds that it is illogical for the state to fund its own enemies.
Nótese que la persecución de este partido por socialistas y dimicristianos belgas alcanza tintes fascistas. ¡Prohibir las donaciones privadas a los partidos políticos! “Todo en el Estado, nada contra el Estado, nada fuera del estado”, es el lema musoliniano de estos partidos “moderados”.
