ABSTRACT
The roots of the fascist movements in Belgium are found in frustrations that stemmed from the First World War. Fascist movements in French-speaking Belgium were divided and alienated on the eve of the Second World War. Their loyalty to the Belgian king and fatherland was a hindrance to their further expansion. During the First World War, the German occupier stimulated the rise of an anti-Belgian Flemish nationalism that in an undemocratic way aimed at a German-minded, independent Flanders. In French-speaking Belgium, fascist organisations emerged in the 1920s that also expressed themselves in this way in their name, such as Le Faisceau belge. The goal of the Flemish National League is to work towards the liberation of the Flemish people and the promotion of the pan-Dutch people’s community. With this grand goal in mind, the Flemish National Alliance wants to train all Flemish people to become fully-fledged pan-Dutch.
