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Flemish government also cuts subsidies for left-wing civil society organizations due to links with "violent extremism" (www.vrt.be)

submitted 1 week ago by atrocious_cleva82@lemmy.world to c/belgium@lemmy.world

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[–] atrocious_cleva82@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So, several right wing groups have been left without subsidies, correctly following an independent expert advice, but the N-VA decides to include 2 left wing groups even thought they got positive reviews. And the excuse of N-VA's Diependaele is that they do not follow the independent expert advice "because they have an agenda"... Plus, the government decides to reduce the subsidies to the minimum for other left wing associations...

IMO, there is a clear bias of the article, taking sides for the government position, criminalizing some groups "just because they did not distance enough from other violent actions". If the government would apply its own standards for not distancing from the war crimes of Israel, shouldn't they sanction the N-VA too?