
Tone-Deaf UK Tells Belgian Politician: We Take Borders Seriously
Border control and protection of free speech are hardly what the UK is currently most famous for—despite what its ambassador to Belgium says.

Border control and protection of free speech are hardly what the UK is currently most famous for—despite what its ambassador to Belgium says.

An active police investigation is underway after the victim was choked and stripped of his belongings during a 10-minute ordeal recorded by one of his attackers.

The university canceled a planned interview with Vlaams Belang leader Tom van Grieken, saying the event’s scale and potential impact exceeded what it could responsibly manage.

Authorities are pursuing the right-wing party while staying strangely quiet on the vandals.

The nationalist NV-A now has a clear mandate to lead government formation talks.

Vlaams Belang, now topping the polls among Dutch-speaking voters by a large margin, has set Flemish independence on the agenda.

“When did our continent face its most terrible times? When certain actors tried to force Europe into one structure. It was Napoleon’s goal, it was Hitler’s goal, now it’s the EU’s goal.”

Vlaams Belang Chairman Tom Van Grieken’s name came up third in the list of those politicians by whom the Flemish feel best represented.

Brushing off the notion of a confederalist model, as proposed by his N-VA counterpart Bart de Wever, chairman Van Grieken said that “confederalism is a lie,” and “the least realistic option of all.”