ANALYSIS. “Discrete conversations about local government with Vlaams Belang for years”: how long will the cordon sanitary last?

If politics is allowed to be discussed at your party table, then – in addition to the ‘Chinese Interest’ and Q’s wrong party – it will also be about this: will the cordon sanitary still hold after the elections? We delved into the wings at N-VA and Vlaams Belang to see exactly how the cards were played there, and listened to political experts who know their way around the Flemish nationalist environment. The conclusion? A manual that can be summarized in four scenarios.

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