Voorpost
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Members include Vlaams Blok ideologue Roeland Raes and Vlaams Belang politician Luc Vermeulen.[3][4] Bart Vanpachtenbeke is the leader of Voorpost[5] (succeeding Johan Vanslamsbrouck). As of 2013 Nick van Mieghem is action leader for Flanders, replacing Luc Vermeulen.[6] Florens van der Kooi (formerly of the NNP) is action leader for the Netherlands.[4][7][8] Several members of the organisation were also members of the VMO (Vlaamse Militanten Orde), which was banned in 1983 due to several violent attacks against immigrants, Belgian French-speakers, and left-leaning organisations.[1]
The Dutch AIVD classified the group as far-right. It also concluded it does not have anti-democratic goals nor uses anti-democratic means.[9] In 1986, the Dutch labour union FNV and the Anne Frank Foundation made a list of groups it considered racist and fascist which included Voorpost. Because of this members of Voorpost were barred from joining the FNV. A Dutch court ruled in 2012 this ban on Voorpost members was against the law as discrimination based on political opinion is illegal in the Netherlands.[10]
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External links
- Voorpost Official website Template:In lang
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- ↑ Rodrigues and Donselaar (eds), Monitor Racisme & Extremisme - Negende rapportage, Pallas Publications, Amsterdam University Press (2010), pp. 49-50 (online copy) Template:In lang
- ↑ Voorpost vist Roeland Raes op, Blokwatch, March 17, 2002 Template:In lang
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