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Order of Flemish Militants | |
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Vlaamse Militanten Orde | |
Also known as | "Flemish Militants Organisation" |
Leader | Bob Maes (1949–70) Bert Eriksson (1971–83) |
Foundation | 1949 |
Dissolved | 1983 |
Country | Flanders, Belgium |
Ideology | Flemish nationalism Neo-Nazism Racism Anticommunism Xenophobia |
Political position | Far-right |
Major actions | |
Status | Inactive |
The Order of Flemish Militants (Dutch: Vlaamse Militanten Orde or VMO) – originally the Flemish Militants Organisation (Vlaamse Militanten Organisatie) – was a Flemish nationalist activist group in Belgium defending far-right interests by propaganda and political action. Established in 1949, they helped found the People's Union (Dutch: Volksunie or VU) in 1954, a Belgian political party. The links between the extremist VMO and the VU lessened as the party moved towards the centre. In later decades the VMO would become linked to neo-Nazism and a series of paramilitary attacks on immigrants and leftists before disappearing by the late 1980s.