What is the relationship of Belgians with extreme parties? This was one of the questions in our Big Barometer RTL info – Ipsos – Le Soir. Analysis of responses.
The PTB entered several municipal majorities, whether in Mons or very recently in Molenbeeek, this Tuesday. Our Grand Barometer shows that the idea of creating a cordon santé around the far-left party and its Dutch-speaking branch is not gaining traction, neither in Flanders, nor in Wallonia, nor in Brussels.
In the north of the country, 28% of those questioned were in favor. This figure rises to 35% in Wallonia and Brussels. “We can therefore say that the standardization of the PTB is on the way, they no longer scare many people. Raoul Hedebouw, figure of the nice communist with whom you would go for a cup of coffee, smoothed the image of the PTB. In Brussels, Hedebouw is even the personality who enjoys the highest rate of recognition. He is on par with Sophie Wilmès, sorry“, analyzes Martin Buxant, our political referent.
And the far right?
On the other side of the political spectrum, for the far right, the answers are very different between the north and the south of the country. Still according to our Grand Barometer, 58% of Flemish people find it acceptable that Vlaams Belang enters into municipal majorities. A number which drops drastically among those questioned in Wallonia and Brussels with respectively 25% and 26% of respondents who find the entry of Vlaams Belang into municipal majorities acceptable. “We find a real north-south divide“, concludes our specialist.
Remember that Vlaams Belang has a first mayor in Flanders, in Ninove, and that the far-right party entered a new majority this Tuesday, in Brecht, in the province of Antwerp.
The survey was carried out among 2,600 people, the margin of error is between 3.1% and 4%.
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