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	BELGIUM: FAR-RIGHT'S LOCAL POLL GAINS SHOCK PREMIER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		But in the Flemish Interest's traditional heartland in the northern port city of Antwerp, it was knocked into second place by Verhofstadt's coalition partners, the Socialists.
		According to almost complete results, a total 800 Flemish Interest councillors were elected in Sunday's election, almost twice the 439 who won seats in the 2000 local polls (where the party won an overall 33 percent of the nationwide vote), party leader Filip Dewinter announced on Monday, quoted by the Belga Press news agency.
		The Flemish interest party won increased its number of provincial councillors to 87 from 54 elected in the 2000 poll.
	www.adnki.com /index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.347796106&par=0 (390 words)

	AP Wire \| 10/08/2006 \| Ruling Belgium coalition takes hit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The biggest winners in Sunday's vote were the right-wing Flemish Interest party and the Christian Democrats.
		We are the winners of this election," said Flemish Interest party Chairman Frank Vanhecke.
		Flemish Interest, which ran on an anti-immigrant platform, has been kept in opposition in Antwerp by an unlikely coalition whose only common cause is keeping the city out of the hands of the far right.
	www.kansascity.com /mld/kansascity/news/world/15711685.htm (335 words)

	Flemish Literature - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The older Flemish writers are dealt with in the article on Dutch Literature; after the separation of Belgium, however, from the Netherlands in 1830 there was a great revival of Flemish literature.
		The provisional government of 1830 suppressed the official use of the Flemish language, which was relegated to the rank of a patois.
		As a result of this propaganda the Flemish language was placed on an equality with French in law, and in administration, in 1873 and 1878, and in the schools in 1883.
	www.1911ency.org /F/FL/FLEMISH_LITERATURE.htm (1568 words)

	Flemish Bloc (Political party, Belgium) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Flemish Bloc is a Flemish nationalist party who wants an independent Flanders (including Brussels).
		Flemish Bloc has been banned by a court arrest following a conviction, on the charge of racism, of three non-profit organizations linked to the former party.
		There were two sorts of flags side-by-side: yellow with a fl lion, and a logotype on a white field.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/be}vlblk.html (247 words)

	Vlaams Blok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The largest Flemish parties were reluctant to enter coalitions with the Vlaams Blok, and committed not to, an agreement known as the cordon sanitaire.
		Its voting track record in the Flemish and Belgian parliaments was strong and consistent on the immigration and law-and-order theme, but mixed for Flemish autonomy (e.g.: it abstained from a crucial vote on splitting the unified electoral district of Brussel-Halle-Vilvoorde/Bruxelles-Hal-Vilvorde).
		Flemish Interest also alleges that past ties between Timperman and Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt are evidence that the trial of Vlaams Blok was politically motivated.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Vlaams_Blok (1219 words)

	Flemish people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The somewhat more confrontational nature of Flemish politics is probably related to the fact that until the 1960s Belgium's Flemings were oppressively discriminated against by the official Belgian institutions dominated by the French-speaking Walloon minority.
		The Flemish diaspora consists of Flemish emigrants and their descendants in countries such as France, the United States, Britain, Canada, Indonesia, Australia, South Africa and Latin America.
		The Flemish contribution to the exploitation as well as the population of the Azores was so conspicuous, that for a long time the archipelago was referred to as the Flemish islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flemings (1601 words)

	CNN.com - Belgian anti-immigrant party support grows - Oct 9, 2006 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Final tallies showed the Flemish Interest party was the main benefactor reaping votes in the northern Dutch-speaking Flanders region away from Verhofstadt's Liberal Democrats.
		Flemish Interest made inroads across smaller towns and cities in Flanders beyond its traditional stronghold of Antwerp.
		Flemish Interest party leader Filip Dewinter said his opponents could not claim victory in Antwerp, saying they only maintained the status-quo, with little gains over the last elections six years ago.
	www.cnn.com.cob-web.org:8888 /2006/WORLD/europe/10/09/belgium.right.ap/index.html (683 words)

	Flemish independence
		Evidently the Flemish resisted to these attempts, and many generations spent their lives trying to improve the situation of the Flemish, who were regarded by the Belgian state as some kind of inferior lifeform (the Francophones arrogantly assumed, and some of them still do, they were members of Europe's highest civilisation).
		The Flemish have always had to fight and pay high prices to get their rights recognised by a state that despises them.
		This is because the Flemish are by nature an industrious, freedom-loving nation, in opposition to the inproductive, socialist-minded Walloons.
	members.lycos.nl /vlaamssiteje/english.htm (1023 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Belgian far right set for major gains in elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Flemish Dutch-speaking Liberals of prime minister Guy Verhofstadt must combat the surging extreme-right Flemish Interest party in northern Belgium, while the Walloon Francophone Socialists must overcome corruption allegations in the south.
		Most attention will turn to Antwerp, where the extreme-right Flemish Interest party has grown the most over the past two decades and is by far the biggest party.
		Flemish Interest leader Filip Dewinter hopes his party will extend its lead in Antwerp and spread its domination to other Dutch-speaking cities by wooing voters with its demands for Flemish independence and tighter immigration controls.
	news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1489312006 (722 words)

	Vlaams Belang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vlaams Belang (English: Flemish Interest) is a political party in Belgium that supports Flemish independence and strict limits on immigration, including the deportation of immigrants who fail to integrate.
		The judicial service of the Flemish Parliament noted that a procedure at the ECHR would not be able to overturn the Appeals Court conviction that condemnded the Vlaams Blok.
		In an interview with the popular weekly Humo, Flemish PM Yves Leterme (CDandV) however declared that a local chapter of his party that would go with the Vlaams Belang, wouldn't be considered a part of the CDandV anymore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flemish_Interest (4541 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - Far-right makes strong showing in Belgian local elections
		Flemish far-right party Vlaams Belang polled strongly in Belgian local elections, early results showed, but was unlikely to have won enough votes to break the grip of mainstream parties.
		His party, and others in the Flemish right, accuse Francophones of being lax on crime and immigration, with the issue becoming a point of division between the 6.5 million Flemish and 4.5 million French-speaking Belgians.
		Other Flemish parties have threatened to pull out of federal government after the legislative elections if the region is not granted wider powers.
	www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=27659 (779 words)

	Not just of Flemish interest
		The Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) is the political mouthpiece of the Flemish Movement as it has developed through time.
		The Vlaams Belang defends the interests of the Dutch-speaking people wherever this is necessary, particularly along the linguistic border and in the international institutions.
		Now, I’m vitally interested in all that you can tell me about the history of the current incarnation of healthy national pride as well as the more-reactive aspects that are coming about, of neccesity it seems, in reaction to what we do now know of extremist fundamentalism in the form of Islam.
	majorityrights.com /index.php/weblog/comments/54 (5760 words)

	King Warns for Dissolution of Belgium
		Last year, the Flemish secessionist Vlaams Belang [Flemish Interest] party, which is striving for the independence of Flanders, became the largest party in Flanders as well as in Belgium as a whole.
		Paul Belien is the editor of the Flemish quarterly Secessie and the editor-in-chief of The Brussels Journal.
		He is a columnist at the Flemish weekly Pallieterke and at the Flemish monthly Doorbraak and a regular contributor to the Flemish conservative monthly Nucleus, which he co-founded in 1990.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2006/brussels020206b.htm (579 words)

	The Flemish Republic (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		According to Karel De Gucht, the Belgian minister of Foreign Affairs, the one million voters of our party (a quarter of the Flemish electorate) are personally to blame for the killings by this madman.
		Despite vehement opposition from Walloon parliamentarians, 77 of the 78 Flemish members of the House voted in favour of considering the issue for debate, while all 51 French-speaking members voted against debating the topic.
		Gerolf Annemans, the parliamentary leader of the Vlaams Belang, said that Belgium was responsible for almost two centuries of linguistic and cultural oppression of Flanders.
	www.flemishrepublic.org.cob-web.org:8888 (488 words)

	Dewinter admits Flemish Interest is 'Islam phobic' (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He also said the Flemish Interest is no different than its predecessor, the Flemish Block, which was convicted for racism and xenophobia, newspaper 'De Morgen' reported on Wednesday.
		At that time, Dewinter said Nazi collaborator Staf Declercq was an "historical leader" of his party, but gave a long argument to explain that the Flemish Interest was not anti-Semitic and was therefore an objective ally of the Jewish community.
		His pro-Flemish stance is threatening to reignite the conflict between the Francophones and the Flemish, and possibly cause a split-up of Belgium.
	www.freerepublic.com.cob-web.org:8888 /focus/f-news/1516227/posts (4380 words)

	Belgium: Reshuffling of the right wing heralds growing polarisation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the upper layers of the Flemish ruling class there is more and more talk of a “Danish model”, which means support for a right-wing minority government backed by the far right in order to cut labour costs and to implement severe capitalist policies.
		The Flemish Socialist Party (SP.a) is much more to the right of the PS and during 2004 at times they have been the most ardent advocates of the bosses’ policies, with some SP.a leaders calling for “harsh and structural measures” to reform the welfare state.
		As we said, the Flemish bourgeois and their media are putting the blame on the Walloons and the PS for the crisis in the social security system.
	www.marxist.com /belgium-growing-polarisation151204.htm (4888 words)

	Expatica - Living in, moving to, or working in Belgium, plus News in English (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		BRUSSELS — The far-right Flemish Interest party has sparked controversy by accusing police of deliberately concealing immigrant youths were responsible for the vandalism of graves at Sint-Niklaas over the Easter weekend.
		In a party magazine, the Flemish Interest claimed police deliberately decided against revealing to the public that immigrant youths carried out the cemetery vandalism.
		He called on Flemish Interest city councilor Frans Wymeersch to apologise to the Islamic community.
	www.expatica.com.cob-web.org:8888 /source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=21435 (345 words)

	Flemish Interest is equal « Non Imprimatur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		BRUSSELS — The extreme-right Flemish Interest continues to rise in popularity and is now almost the biggest party in Flanders behind the traditional heavyweight Christian Democrat CDandV.
		If elections were held now, the Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang in Dutch) would gain 26.6 percent of the vote, just 0.1 percent behind the coalition involving the CDandV and the New Flemish Alliance (26.7 percent).
		The poll — conducted by newspapers 'De Morgen' and 'La Libre' — also showed that electoral support for the Flemish Liberal VLD continues to slide.
	limewoody.wordpress.com /2006/06/19/flemish-interest-is-equal (357 words)

	JTA - Breaking News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Filip Dewinter, whose Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) party is expected to make significant gains in Belgian elections this week, said in an interview with Haaretz published Sunday that he expected to garner a large number of Jewish votes thanks to fears of Muslim immigrants.
		"There is a common interest between the Jewish and Flemish people in the struggle against Islam in Europe," Dewinter said.
		While the founders of his party earned notoriety by collaborating with the Nazis, Dewinter has made inroads with Belgian Jews by addressing their parochial interests and voicing support for Israel.
	jta.org /page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=5037 (151 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - Results trickle in from Belgian polls, far right set to consolidate
		The question on many people's lips was whether the Flemish far-right party Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) could take control of the northern port city of Antwerp, where it has been kept at bay since 2000 by a broad coalition.
		The last opinion poll showed it commanding 25 percent support in the Flemish part of the country where it hopes to unseat the Christian Democrats as the biggest single party.
		In its historic bastion of Antwerp, the anti-immigrant party won 33 percent of the vote in the 2000 municipal polls in its former guise as Vlaams Blok, which was found guilty of racism in 2004.
	www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=27657 (691 words)

	EJP \| News \| Jewish group asks Belgium to investigate party links to killings in Antwerp
		His father had been a founding member of the Vlaams Blok, the anti-immigration, extreme-rightist Flemish party renamed Vlaams Belang, or Flemish Interest, in 2004 in a bid to broaden its appeal.
		Antwerp has long been a hotbed of the extreme right party which gained 24 percent of the Flemish vote in 2004 regional elections, making it the largest party in Flanders, Belgium's largest and most prosperous region.
		"Despite the condemnation of these killings by the extreme right Flemish Interest Party, it is clear that the impunity granted to their skinhead retinue and the tenor of their website links have encouraged a rising wave of racist violence in Belgium,” Samuels wrote.
	www.ejpress.org /article/news/8246 (781 words)

	Jews moving Rightwards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		But meanwhile there was also a comprehensive article in Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/europe/html/050228/story.html and to that article there was a Flemish Interest reaction (in Dutch) http://www.vlaamsbelang.org/index.php?p=0andid=333 in which they implicitly denied the accusations of the New York Times’ last article about Nazi collaboration by their founders, in fact founder Karel Dillen.
		Other similar example of a distortion.There is also a such a picture of actual mainstream Flemish Interest politician Filip Dewinter http://www.skynetblogs.be/images.php?image=345289_dewinterhhKL.jpg (copy and paste), actively spread by Flemish Interest’s opponents http://blokwatch.skynetblogs.be/index.php Only, it was shot when Dewinter was sworn in in parliament.
		Indeed, at their web-site, Vlaams Belang writes about the New York Times http://www.vlaamsbelang.org/index.php?p=0andid=311:” The only little error was the statement that the founders of the Flemish block (Vlaams Belang’s predecessor) were people who collaborated with the Nazi’s during the second world war “.
	majorityrights.com /index.php/weblog/comments/470/: (4035 words)

	Book review of “Breeding between the Lines” by Alon Ziv (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Finally, it is interesting that the distances that could not be assigned to a particular developmental pattern appeared to introduce ‘‘noise’’ and blur the effects of cranial integration.
		From the perspectives of kinship and ethnic genetic interests (EGI), both of which Ziv ignores, Ziv’s ideas are horrible; see comments by “On Holliday” here and a fuller discussion of EGI here.
		The concept of ethnic genetic interests basically argues that one’s race is worth preserving because it is one’s own, not because there is any special value to it.
	majorityrights.com /index.php/weblog/comments/http_majorityrightscom_j... (6821 words)

	BLOG@STEFANGEENS.COM: Comments on Vlaams Belang: Not in the Flemish interest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		I am still alive and I did not emigrate to France in July of this year because I was scared of Flemish distate for the Dutch which, by the way, is sometimes warranted.
		Including them in a Flemish governement is also impossible, because you'll never get the Vlaams Belang covinced to keep within the legal framework of Belgium.
		If anyone is interested in Belgian politics about these matters, I give you one adress: the non-listed site www.belgianpolitics.be, a site where Flemish press articles are transulated in English.
	www.stefangeens.com /cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=451 (1685 words)

	VOA News - Far-Right Belgian Party Expected to Make Gains in Local Elections
		Belgians are voting Sunday in local elections expected to strengthen a controversial far-right party in the predominantly Flemish northern part of the country.
		The Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang) party has grown over the last two decades into the largest in Belgium's second largest city, Antwerp.
		The Flemish Interest party is running on an increasingly popular anti-immigration platform.
	voanews.com /english/2006-10-08-voa17.cfm (260 words)

	Belgian extreme right-winger calls on Jews to join in battle against Muslims - Haaretz - Israel News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is the right-wing Flemish party whose platform calls for getting tough with the Muslim population.
		They have also boosted his popularity among the Flemish, who see immigration as the greatest threat to their lifestyle.
		Even the murder by a young Belgian man of a nanny from Mali together with the baby in her charge did nothing to reduce support in the party.
	www.haaretz.com /hasen/spages/771528.html (839 words)

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