Flanders’ political center has bled out. In its place, two blocs—one right-wing, composed of Vlaams Belang and N-VA, and another left-wing (Vooruit and PVDA)—have emerged.
That is at least the scenario painted by a yearly political survey, this time conducted one year before the 2024 elections.
Simply put, compared to the 2019 elections, Flanders’ electoral landscape is to undergo a radical transformation.
For the two traditional centrist parties, CD&V and Open VLD, matters look grave. According to the survey, both would suffer major losses, as they dip below 10%. Taken together, they are at risk of losing 10 percentage points of the total vote compared to 2019.
