Democracy in Belgium: If you can't out argue the opposition, outlaw it

Top court brands Belgian far-right party racist:
"'What happened in Brussels today is unique in the Western world: never has a so-called democratic regime outlawed the country's largest political party,' Vlaams Blok leader Frank Vanhecke said in a statement.
"'Today, our party has been killed, not by the electorate but by the judges.
"'We will establish a new party. This one Belgium will not be able to bury; it will bury Belgium,' he said.
"The Vlaams Blok wants the richer, Dutch-speaking region of Flanders to secede from Belgium, whose other main community is French-speaking. The two populations co-exist in an uneasy federal partnership."