Vlaams Belang’s Populists Seek Lead of Belgium’s “Flemish Front”
How Belgium’s Vlaams Belang right-wing populist party, ostensibly opposing government, is mobilizing supporters to make itself voice of Flemish nationalism
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Author: Judith Sijstermans
A “Great Identity Crisis” Complicates Belgium’s Colonial and Racial Reckoning
“Debates around Belgium’s colonial past remind us that ideologies of populist radical right parties in Europe shouldn’t be reduced to nativism.”
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Coronavirus, Governor Newsom, and a California Nation-State
“Enabled by Coronavirus challenge, Governor Gavin Newsom moves beyond resisting Trump Administration to promote united & powerful Californian nation-state.”
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Coronavirus Shapes Belgium’s Government and Populist Opposition
“The Coronavirus crisis, alongside long-term government deadlock and recent polls, provides a window of opportunity for Belgium’s Vlaams Belang Party.”
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Belgium’s Populism and Polarization: Europe in Miniature?
With populism and development — or lack of development — in its many institutions, Belgium is now setting the path for political shifts across Europe.
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