New Belgian Front (FNB, french: Front Nouveau de Belgique) is a
Belgian
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nationalist
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political party
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.
The FNB was founded in 1996 by
Marguerite Bastien, a former member of the
Liberal Reformist Party (''Parti réformateur libéral'') and a candidate for the
National Front (''Front National'') in the 1995 elections, but she was expelled from that party somewhat later.
In 1999 Bastien was elected to the
Brussels Parliament
The Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) ( French: ''Parlement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale'', Dutch: ''Parlement van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gew ...
. She was expelled from the party though in 2001, and sat her term out as an independent.
Two other members of the party were elected to the
Walloon Parliament
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in 2000. Currently the party is led by
François-Xavier Robert.
Platform
The platform of the FNB is nationalist, with anti-immigration and law and order themes.
External links
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www.fnb.be* {{in lang, fr}
www.fnb.to
Francophone political parties in Belgium
Far-right political parties in Belgium