Voting behavior, identity, autonomy, solidarity and interregional contact

Belgian politics are largely driven by identity feelings, autonomy preferences and solidarity claims, with intermingled interregional contact. The results of the 2019 federal and regional elections have as usually been interpreted differently by (Flemish) political parties, journalists and political scientists. In Flanders, some claim that the victory of the VB was a clear call for confederalism (Bart De Wever) and the defeat of the N-VA as a sanction for putting state reform on hold for 5 years (Bart Maddens). Many pointed to the saliency of the immigration problématique (Tom Van Grieken). O... Mehr ...