Last week Vlaams Belang, the great supporters of free speech and democracy, physically stopped another political party from hanging posters…..
Belgium’s linguistic tensions flare over election posters

Belgium’s intercommunal tensions were highlighted Friday when Dutch-speaking Flemish nationalists stopped Francophone Union supporters from putting up French-language election posters in a flashpoint Brussels suburb.

In front of television cameras, the French-speaking activists tried in vain to approach official regional election hoardings, prevented by dozens of supporters of the far right Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interests) party and fellow Flemish nationalist group TAK.

The Flemish activists grabbed posters and glue pots from the hands of the Francophone Union members and militant Francophone Front supporters who accompanied them during the affray in the Dutch-speaking suburb of Halle, which has become an emblem for Belgium’s intercommunal differences.