Voorpost

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Voorpost
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Voorpost logo
Formation1976 (Flanders)
1978 (Netherlands)
Chairman
Bart Vanpachtenbeke[1]
Action leader Flanders
Nick Van Mieghem[2]
Action leader Netherlands
Florens van der Kooi
Websitevoorpost.org

Voorpost ("outpost, picket") is an ethno-nationalist (volksnationalist) group founded in Flanders, Belgium by Karel Dillen in 1976 as a splinter from the Volksunie.[3] Voorpost pursues the irredentist ideal of a Greater Netherlands, a nation state that would unite all Dutch-speaking territories in Europe. It is active in Belgium, the Netherlands and South-Africa. The organisation has staged rallies on various topics, against Islam, leftist organizations, drugs, and socialism.[4]

Members include Vlaams Blok ideologue Roeland Raes and Vlaams Belang politician Luc Vermeulen.[5][6] Bart Vanpachtenbeke is the leader of Voorpost[1] (succeeding Johan Vanslamsbrouck). As of 2013 Nick van Mieghem is action leader for Flanders, replacing Luc Vermeulen.[2] Florens van der Kooi (formerly of the NNP) is action leader for the Netherlands.[6][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.[3]

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]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Van den Weygaerd, Luc. "Eerste "Identitair colloquium" in Edegem". Gazet van en voor Hove (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b Voorpost Vlaanderen stelt nieuwe actieleider voor, Het Laatste Nieuws, 30 June 2013 (in Dutch)
  3. ^ a b Martin Pütz, ed. (1994). Language contact and language conflict. p. 251. ISBN 90-272-2142-1.
  4. ^ Rodrigues and Donselaar (eds), Monitor Racisme & Extremisme - Negende rapportage, Pallas Publications, Amsterdam University Press (2010), pp. 49-50 (online copy) (in Dutch)
  5. ^ Voorpost vist Roeland Raes op, Blokwatch, March 17, 2002 (in Dutch)
  6. ^ a b Voorpost webpage Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
  7. ^ Voorpost press release Archived 2013-06-26 at the Wayback Machine, December 5, 2011 listing Vanlamsbrouck as president (in Dutch)
  8. ^ Voorpost contact page, listing Vermeulen and Van der Kooi as action leaders (in Dutch)
  9. ^ https://www.aivd.nl/binaries/aivd_nl/documenten/publicaties/2010/11/02/aivd-rapport-dreiging-vanuit-extreemrechts-en-rechts-extremisme-gering/20101102+Afkalvend+front%2C+blijvend+beladen.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ "Archived copy". www.mensenrechten.nl. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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