Comments by "ThatDutchguy" (@thatdutchguy2882) on "Belgian coalition government loses majority as N-VA partners walk out" video.

Its political theatre🎭 on the part of N-VA. They lost quite a few votes in the regional elections recently to "Vlaams Belang" a rightwing extremist party and the Belgian Green party has grown substantially in that election aswell. But the N-VA until now was part of the coalition government and they needed to compromise in order to remain there, something they had no trouble doing until the recent outcome of these regional election results that were very positive for the growth of the rightwing party "Vlaams Belang". This concerns them because they've got a crossover voter population with N-VA that is quite considerable and the main elections aren't that far of in the future. Making a big stink about their Prime-Minister Charles Michelle going on behalf of Belgium to Marrakesch only to ratify an intention declaration concerning global immigration/immigrant's/migration and is a non binding agreement that only stipulates the intention of cooperation and the sharing of real world work methods in dealing with a crisis if and when they occur in regards to migration is of course ridiculous. The N-VA wanted it clear that the Belgian Prime-Minister only went to Marrakesch as his own person or as Prime-Minister not on behalf of Belgium and it's government,....see, it already looks like political theatre🎭 doesn't it. Just before they made this ridiculous demand and a big stink about nothing⬅(it's an intention of cooperation not a signed treaty, big difference) the N-VA put out a disgustingly xenophobic media campaign that clearly demonised immigrant's and people of colour,....it got pulled after one day and the N-VA whom aren't traditionally known for that behaviour made excuses about "it all being a big mistake and miscommunication" ;). Of course this was just to appeal to the normally rightwing "Vlaams Belang" voters and to keep their own N-VA voters whom might flirt with the idea of voting for "Vlaams Belang" because they have concerns about immigration and immigrant's with them, at least until the next main election. Suddenly, after a good cooperation between the 3 parties in the coalition government the N-VA wanted all this and for Prime-Minister Charles Michelle to do the same thing in the upcoming UN top regarding this topic,....more political theatre🎭 right there on the part of the N-VA. The N-VA has proven the stigma they carry in Belgium,....it's a party you can't rule a country with because sooner or later their shenanigans will become a problem,....and that plays straight into the hands of Philip de Winter the leader of the Belgian xenophobic rightwing party "Vlaams Belang", he's loving every minute of this. It will severly damage Belgium's international reputation for many years to come.
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@DFandV Of course to some degree they are, i agree. But it has been a long standing tradition in European politics because so many coalition governments have ruled successfully in so many EU countries that moderation and compromise have become a staple that has proven successful on a whole plethora of issues, leading to political and economical stability in turn. These populist tendencies mostly fuelled by outright xenophobia directed at migrants seem to have to some degree given everybody amnesia, being distracted on mass from the factual long standing time tested social democratic gains we all know about and pluck the fruits of within the EU to masses with flags and foaming at the mouth screaming that foreigners and globalist are to be ousted by whatever means. If serious political parties start giving into these populist politicians ideas because it's the flavour of the month, there's no knowing were it will end, a slippery slope one should stay well away from. Here it's seems,...well, it's obvious, that the normally just slightly right of the middle N-VA has done a severe about turn to the right, so far that they even collided with the known full on rightwing party "Vlaams Belang" out of fear they might loose in the next election. A trend i hope not to see gain any traction in the EU. It's vital to see other parties in the next Belgian elections win enough votes to keep the "cordon sanitaire" around the fascist party "Vlaams Belang" in tact and that the N-VA will not be rewarded for its shenanigans committed here.
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@gerbo8018 That's a democratic process, to keep anti democratic parties like fascist and Communist out of power. What part of that is a mystery to you ?
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Is dat zo ? Heb nog geen één Belg dat horen roepen gast, weet jij zeker dat je in België was en niet per ongeluk in Amerika ? Erg sterk verhaal gozer, heel dik uit je reet gelult is het zeker pannenkoek.
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