Then request for music festival Frontnacht

The city of Ypres first wants to thoroughly examine the application. If groups are linked to neo-Nazi organizations, the city will not grant a permit for this. Ypres will give a definite answer about this in two weeks at the earliest. Alderman of events Diego Desmadryl: “If that link is there, if it comes out, then we have to respond to it and they have to be banned. I will discuss that with the young people who have contact with those groups.”

According to some, especially Phil van Flak (Germany) and Flatlander (Netherlands) have ties to a neo-Nazi movement. The chairman of the Yserwake says that Front Night has nothing to do with Nazism or fascism. “If there is a link with neo-Nazis, then those groups will not be included,” says Wim De Witte. “We only hope for a larger number of visitors. The young people themselves were asking. I don’t know any of those groups.”