Belgium's King Philippe met the head of the anti-immigrant Vlaams Belang on...
BRUSSELS - Belgium’s King Philippe met the head of the anti-immigrant Vlaams Belang on Wednesday after Flemish separatist parties surged in an inconclusive national election, the first time a Belgian monarch has met a far-right leader since the 1930s.
He greeted Tom Van Grieken, 32, just inside the gates of the royal palace in central Brussels and the two shook hands, Van Grieken making a small bow. Their meeting lasted just over 20 minutes. It was the second strongest party in terms of share of the vote behind the more moderate Flemish separatist N-VA.
“The king cannot be partisan,” Leuven University political scientist Bart Maddens told broadcaster RTBF.
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