Belgian MP death threats after TV debate with far-right politician

The Vooruit party representative finds himself in turmoil following a tense discussion broadcast on VRT Canvas. Facing Filip Brusselmans, representative of Vlaams Belang, exchanges about religious conservatism among young people spiraled out of control. While the young politician readily acknowledges crossing certain lines during this confrontation, the backlash took a macabre turn. Radical activists targeted him even outside his home, multiplying intimidations of rare violence directly targeting his Moroccan origins.

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Faced with this escalation of online and physical hatred, the parliamentarian went to the police station. According to information relayed by 7sur7, the elected official remains deeply shocked by the brutality of the messages. "Death threats, proposing to send my body parts in pieces to Morocco – we must never accept this," he protests. While thanking law enforcement, he firmly reminds that in democracy, political disagreement in no way justifies terrifying a family.

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These calls for reason failed to cool the far-right sphere’s fervor. On network X, Dries Van Langenhove, founder of the Schild & Vrienden movement, publicly demanded conviction and expulsion to Morocco of the targeted MP. These new provocations come from a figure already heavily sanctioned by justice: in 2024, this former independent candidate for Vlaams Belang received one year in prison, a 16,000 euro fine and loss of civil rights for racism, negationism and weapons legislation violations.