Brussels officially declares itself an ‘anti-fascist city’

The City of Brussels adopted on Tuesday, unanimously, during the communal council, a motion that calls it an "anti-fascist city". It is in the context of the day of May 8, when the capitulation of the Nazis was commemorated in 1945, marking the end of the Second World War. ...

Since Tuesday, the Belgian capital is no longer content with its waffles and its Manneken-Pis to shine, it also proudly and officially displays its values of tolerance... They had to be seen, proud and valorous, the elected socialists, ecologists, liberals and their follow-up when they adopted unanimously, during the communal council, a motion officially making Brussels an "anti-fascist city". Obviously, it does not mean anything, it only serves…

The municipal council of the Brussels municipality of Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe has approved a cordon sanitaire against the far right, including N-VA. Remarkably, the governing party Les Engagés also signed it.

The motion, originally submitted by the Greens, was supported by a coalition of socialist, liberal and Christian Democrat deputy mayors.

Brussels officially declares itself an ‘anti-fascist city’

Brussels municipal council has unanimously approved a motion declaring the Belgian capital an “anti-fascist city”. The motion was approved on April 22 in light…

The Brussels municipal council unanimously approved the motion.