tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17149992.post4190205905173814395..comments2023-11-05T12:34:12.796+01:00Comments on Conflict and Compromise: The situation in BelgiumWim Roffelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950733237377413606noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17149992.post-463783983825949042010-11-04T07:47:53.782+01:002010-11-04T07:47:53.782+01:00Oops, I will correct that. I hope you agree that t...Oops, I will correct that. I hope you agree that the rest accurately describes the situation. I don't follow Belgium as closely as former Yugoslavia.Wim Roffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05950733237377413606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17149992.post-53390128937774909002010-10-31T09:38:07.463+01:002010-10-31T09:38:07.463+01:00"The N-VA is the successor party of the Volks..."The N-VA is the successor party of the Volksunie and that party was long seen as too extreme by the other Flemish parties who refused to cooperate with it (the now infamous "cordon sanitaire"). In the end the party was forbidden and N-VA came in its place."<br /><br />Volksunie never was forbidden (Vlaams Blok was at one point an transferred in Vlaams Belang); it 'died' from internal twists and N-VA is the only new party which rised up (and survived) out of the ashes of Volksunie.Pieternoreply@blogger.com