The Flag that No Longer Covers the Load

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The tension between the Antwerp coalition partners N-VA and Vooruit is already palpable 6 months into the legislature. The vote on the Israeli flag on the city hall facade was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.

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The dispute in the Antwerp coalition over the Israeli flag raised to the city hall reached its peak on Monday evening at the communal council. Vooruit supported a motion by the Groen opposition party calling for the flag to be withdrawn. "Vooruit is influenced by the PTB," we hear in the ranks of the N-VA. The Vooruit group leader in Antwerp, Kathleen Van Brempt, denies this accusation. "For us, it is an ethical question."