Debating and governing with Vlaams Belang remains out of the question, the extreme left receives different treatment in new French-language ‘cordon sanitaire’ | Inland

In French-speaking Belgium, a new ‘cordon sanitaire’ is in the air: debating and governing with the extreme right remains out of the question. The extreme left, on the other hand, remains out of reach – much against the taste of MR chairman Georges-Louis Bouchez. “For us, those two are just as bad. Other parties should finally show their colors.”