Tom Van Grieken, leader of Belgium's largest right-wing party, reveals how $12 billion annually flows from Flemish-speaking north to French-speaking south, fueling nationalist demands for self-determination against a historically imposed unity. He condemns Brussels as an 80% foreigner "bubble" where imported bureaucrats ignore local crises like the Molenbeek terror hub, while championing Viktor Orban's Hungary as a vital conservative fortress to save Europe's soul from mass immigration and bureaucratic overreach. [Automatically generated summary]
Because Belgium was created as a neutral state between Germany and France and was created as a French-speaking state, although the majority was Dutch-speaking.
So Belgian politics is very difficult, but we speak the same language as the Dutch.
We speak Dutch.
But we had really a big, big fight for more than 100 years to simply speak our own language.
The oldest Dutch university is only 100 years old and Belgium exists 200 years.
So for us, our language, our identity, our culture, it's not a battle we just discovered.
It's a battle for more than 200 years.
And we're still standing.
If you believe in yourself, you have a good people and good leaders, you can survive.
You know, the capital of Belgium, Brussels, 80%, 80% is non-Belgium.
My city, Antwerp.
The second thing is, if you go, 50% is non-Belgium.
We are a minority in our own country.
Therefore, our immigration policy is very, very easy.
Make a fortress Europe.
Close the European borders.
The internal border should be controlled.
And last but not least, we should send back illegals and criminals who should work on re-migration program.
They make a terrible world to live in, not only for the Flemish people who lived there for hundreds and hundreds of years, but also for all the new people who came in, who really share our values and want to share future.
Because for them, it's really the criminals, the illegals, they give them a bad image.
And we can only work together and build a new nation if we get rid of the bad apples.
So let's finish with the country that we're in right now.
And you let a chant at the end of your speech for Viktor Orban.
Do you feel that this election, which most people think is going to go in his direction, but anything could happen, do you feel that it's a bellwether to sort of save whatever is savable in Europe?
Well, I met Victor a few years ago, and I was already part of it.
I won elections, but when I was at his office, I was like, wow, what should I say to such a monument as Viktor Orban?
And I didn't prepare much, as I only said one thing.
Mr. Orban, I only have one thing to say to you.
Please keep fighting and winning because you're not fighting for Hungary.
I think Europe is lost in the West of Europe, but you can save the soul of Europe.
That's why it's so important that Viktor Orban wins the elections.
And therefore, I'm here because I'm a friend of Viktor Orban, and that's what friends do in difficult times, stick together.
But more importantly, I'm here because this election is not about only the future of Hungary.
It's about the future of Europe because this is truly a fortress, a conservative Europe.
If we lose this fortress, it will be a very difficult battle once again for us.
We need Orban and Hungary.
We need the Czech Republic and maybe in a few months we also have France and then it's a whole different ballgame and then the real conservative wave will come and nothing will stop us.