Brussels: Europe and the Arabs

Belgium's far-right party, Vlaams Belang, wants to conduct one million home visits in the Flanders region in the coming weeks. The Flanders region is the Dutch-speaking half of Belgium and is close to the border with the neighboring country, the Netherlands. According to a statement issued by the party, candidates and activists from the party are scheduled to take to the streets in large numbers in the coming weeks to convince people in the period leading up to the June 9 elections. Hence, the party is moving its campaign in full swing. According to the statement, Tom van Greken, head of the Vlaams Belang party, was quoted as saying: “Standing among the people: it is part of our DNA and it makes the difference.”
In the last 50 days before the Flemish, federal and European regional elections, Vlaams Belang wants to focus heavily on home visits. With an ambitious target of visiting one million homes, the party wants to convince skeptical voters of its message. “We have been able to convince many Flemish people over the past five years with a strong message and a strong program for a different and better policy,” says Van Greken. “On June 9th, every vote will matter.”

“Standing up among people makes a difference,” Van Grieken said. “Let it be in the DNA of our party... Only with a strong Vlaams Belang can we give the Flemish the Flemish and right-wing policies they have been voting for for years, but never got. Together we will make Flanders ours again on June 9th!
It is noteworthy that the Belgian right-wing party wants to repeat what the extreme right-wing Freedom Party achieved in the neighboring country, the Netherlands, and won in the parliamentary elections that took place last year, but the Dutch right-wing party, led by Geert Wilders, who is known for his hostility to Islam, failed to obtain the required support from the other parties to form a coalition government in the Netherlands. The current government, led by Mark Rutte, is still an interim government to run the country's affairs. The extreme right-wing party in Belgium has been facing almost the same situation for years, and despite achieving successes in previous elections, other parties refuse to allow it to enter a government coalition due to conflicting orientations and party programs. Therefore, the only hope for the extreme right-wing parties is to obtain a large number of parliamentary seats that would make them able to form a government that enjoys a parliamentary majority.