Europe Watch

This is how the EU stifles dissent. In Belgium, the Vlaams Blok party was declared a racist organization by a court because of their opposition to mass immigration and their desire for Flemish identity. The party is the most popular in Flemish Belgium, securing 24.1% of the vote in the last election. Labeled a "Flemish xenophopian and separatist party," the governing coalition members have a "cordon sanitaire" agreement that among themselves that no party will include them in any coalition, an action that effectively excludes the party and their voters from any government despite their success at the polls.

When the EU criticizes and wants to be involved in elections in Afghanistan and Iraq, those governments ought to tell em to go take a leap. In the meantime, the Vlaams Blok party has renamed itself and will continue to gain support at the polls.