Flemish parliament 'regrets' inclusion of Nazi collaborators in anniversary celebration
Belgium 17:22 26/01/2021 The Flemish parliament has – more or less – apologised for the inclusion of two Nazi collaborators in a profile of historical figures that were significant in the founding of Flanders as a legislative region. The profiles were part of a special edition of the Belgian edition of Newsweek to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Flemish parliament. A section in the edition is dedicated to 14 people considered crucial to the forming of an independent region. They includes well-known Nazi collaborators August Borms and Staf De Clercq. After the Second World War Borms...