1. The Populist Who Plans to Break Up Belgium.
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Varadarajan, Tunku
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COALITION governments , *PLURALITY voting , *GOVERNMENT formation , *POLITICAL systems , *POLITICAL science , *POLITICAL parties - Abstract
Tom Van Grieken, leader of the Vlaams Belang party in Flanders, Belgium, aims to dismantle the country and create an independent Flanders. His party is predicted to win a plurality of votes in the upcoming national elections. Van Grieken shares similar views with Geert Wilders, rejecting mass migration and expressing aversion to Islam. He believes that Flanders, with its demographic and economic majority, is disadvantaged in the Belgian political system. While he is unlikely to become prime minister, Van Grieken hopes to start negotiations with other parties to form a government and potentially initiate a secession process. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2024