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StefanMercier
TheN-VA:ChallengingEuropeanism.........................145
TheEuropeanParliamentaryelectionsofMay2014sawthestrongemergence
ofmoreEuroscepticandradicalpartiesthaneverbefore.InBelgium,these
electionswereoverwhelminglywonbytheFlemishseparatistparty:the
Nieuw-VlaamsAlliantie(N-VA).Theelectoralvictorytriggeredananti-
EUpoliticalfogaroundtheN-VA.However,theFlemishseparatistshave
aclearpro-Europeanideology.Subsequently,thearticleincludesabrief
analysisofthehistoricalandsocio-economicdynamicsthatledBelgium
tohaveregionalismasthecommonpoliticalthreadofitsstatestructure.
ThearticlealsoassessesthepoliticalambitionsoftheN-VA.Itaimsto
demonstratethattheEuropeanUnionisusedbytheN-VA,basedonpolitical
andphilosophicaltensions,tointellectuallyandelectorallynormalisethe
FlemishnationalistprojectinBelgiumandintheEU.Thesetensionspresent
inotherEUMemberStatescouldquestionorreinforcetheexistingpolitical
structuresoftheEuropeanUnion.
INTERVIEW
“TheyFinishedSecondin120seats:”UKIPandtheOngoing
RevoltontheRightintheUK?AninterviewwithRobertFord,
co-authorofRevoltontheRight:ExplainingSupport
fortheRadicalRightinBritain..............................163