
Calls to Abolish Dual Citizenship After 72% of Belgian Turks Vote Erdoğan
Support for Erdoğan was unusually strong in Belgium where 85,000 residents participated in the first round of voting.

Support for Erdoğan was unusually strong in Belgium where 85,000 residents participated in the first round of voting.

The political winds have changed. In the wake of President Macron raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, his already dismal approval ratings and popularity have sunk even lower, as two recent surveys reveal.

In an age of increasing polarisation, the debate in Belgium proves that it is possible to discuss sensitive subjects despite their controversy.

The fact that Vlaams Belang is the largest party in successive polls offers unprecedented opportunities, including the formation of a right-wing government in Belgium, like in Italy, MP Filip De Winter told The European Conservative.

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

Little respite is given to Filip Dewinter. For the Flemish nationalist, speaking on taboo subjects—such as the ‘Great Replacement’—means resisting an onslaught of would-be censors.

To Chris Janssens of Vlaams Belang, the disinformation campaign targets “right-wing opinions” for fact-checking, while “left-wing opinions would be given free rein.”

The Flemish port city of Antwerp, already known as being Europe’s ‘cocaine capital’, has fast become a place where drug cartels and their proxies work out their spats.

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.”

With a loss of recognition, a local religious community loses financial support from the government, while its head, if foreign, will not receive work and residency permits.