Productions
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8 October 2006
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ORF Weltjournal
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Local elections in Antwerp |
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A background reportage preceding the local elections in Antwerp, Belgium. After the second biggest party of Belgium, the extreme right party Vlaams Belang (VB) is kept out of the political system many years by the other parties, using the famous ‘cordon sanitaire’, ORF weltjournal wants to know if the ‘cordon’ will hold and how the VB is doing. During the campaign the VB leader Filip Dewinter visits cafes in Antwerp to meet his followers and to speak to the press. His main message: Belgium is undemocratic, since they keep the VB out of the political system. Also the actual atmosphere in the picturesque Flemish town is checked by interviewing a Jewish diamond trader and by portraying a local leader of the Arabic European League (a migrant pressure group that gives their supporters advice on how to vote). Apart from that a Minister of State that was involved with the introduction of the ‘cordon sanitaire’ and a well known VB specialised journalist, give their views on the dangers of the extreme right party.
Activities: research and set-up, booking camera crew, accompany filming.