UK Prime Minister welcomes Bart De Wever

In mid-March, N-VA Chairman Bart De Wever was hosted by David Cameron, the British PM. This is absolutely remarkable since even resigning PM Leterme has not had this opportunity. “I told him that I was jealous of him. What he managed to do in 9 days, to form a government with a crystal-clear coalition agreement, we haven’t been able to achieve in 9 months,” De Wever said. This visit has a high symbolic value for the N-VA. “This is helping the N-VA to shed this image we have in countries like France or Italy, that exclusively get their information from the francophone press. They depict us as extremists who don’t want any friends outside Flanders. This has now been proven to be incorrect.”