Verdinaso
Union of Dutch National Solidarists Verbond van Dietsche Nationaal-Solidaristen | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Joris Van Severen |
| Founded | 6 October 1931 |
| Dissolved | 10 May 1941 |
| Merged into | Eenheidsbeweging-VNV |
| Headquarters | Izegem, West Flanders |
| Youth wing | Jong Dinaso |
| Paramilitary wing | Dinaso Militanten Orde |
| Ideology | National Solidarism[1] |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Colours | Orange White Blue |
| Slogan | "Dietschland en Orde" (lit. 'Dietschland and Order') |
| Party flag | |
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Verdinaso (Verbond van Dietsche Nationaal-Solidaristen, lit. 'Union of Dutch National Solidarists'[8]), sometimes rendered as Dinaso,[9] was a small fascist political movement active in Belgium and, to a lesser extent, the Netherlands between 1931 and 1941.
Verdinaso was founded by
Italian Fascism and Portugal's Estado Novo. It established a paramilitary
wing in 1937, identified by its members' green shirts, known as the Dinaso Militant Order (Dinaso Militanten Orde).
Although Verdinaso never gained a mass following, its role in diminishing support for the established
1929 elections led to the latter's decision to substantially reorganise itself in 1931 into the Flemish National League (Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond) and to shift its ideological mainstream away from democratic reform and pacificism towards right-wing authoritarianism.[11]
Character and history
The party was against the
Belgian King
. As such it never participated in elections and never became a potent political pressure group.
The Verdinaso initially advocated Flemish and Dutch
Chamber of Deputies; the same year, the party was joined by Victor Leemans, who wrote the work Het nationaal-socialisme, an apology for National Socialism
.
After 1934, Verdinaso shifted its focus towards a
Freemasons constituted a hidden power working against the interests of Dietsland. The movement also shifted from proposing a union between Flanders and the Netherlands to one between Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
.
In the 1936 Belgian general election, Verdinaso ran on a joint list with other Flemish nationalists called the Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond (VNV; "Flemish National Union"). VNV got 7.1% of the vote and 16 seats. In the 1939 Belgian general election , VNV peaked at 8.3% of the vote and 17 seats. The Dinaso Militanten Orde had around 3,000 members, grouped under the leadership of François, and published the newspapers Recht en Trouw and De Vlag (placed under the leadership of Moens).
When
Rexists and Belgian Communists (both groups were suspected of pro-German activism, justified by the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in the case of the latter). As a consequence, Verdinaso lost clear direction (despite Van Severen's replacement by François), and was eventually absorbed into the VNV in May 1941. Some Verdinaso members, who advocated a strong Belgian authoritarian regime around King Leopold III, however, joined the resistance against the German occupation.[13]
Ideology
Verdinaso was based around the ideology of "National-Solidarism", which was a social doctrine that was firmly
anti-capitalist. The party wished to reform society in an organic sense, that is to say, growing gradually, naturally, with respect for its nature, history and tradition. Verdinaso opposed both liberalism and parliamentary democracy.[14] With the Verdinaso, Van Severen wanted to form a leading elite that would conquer power in the state through its style and action, rather than overthrow it. The Verdinaso leaned toward the Conservative Revolution, more specifically with the Young Conservatives. There was also the influence of Charles Maurras's nationalist Action Française
.
Notable members
References
Notes
- anti-parliamentarism, something that had been strengthened by his defeat in 1929, during which he felt moderates in the Frontpartij had deliberately sabotaged his re-election.[5] His vision would eventually expand to that of the Dietsche Rijk which, rather than splitting Flanders off from Belgium to form the new state, advocated the practical union of the Benelux countries into a single entity.[6]
Citations
- ISBN 1-85973-274-7.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right, p. 402
- ^ Carsten, The Rise of Fascism, p. 208-9
- ^ Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right, p. 402
- ^ Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right, p. 402
- ^ Hans Rogger & Eugen Weber, The European Right: A Historical Profile, University of California Press, 1965, pp. 151-152
- ^
ISBN 9781483305394. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
... fascist Italy ... developed a state structure known as the corporate state with the ruling party acting as a mediator between 'corporations' making up the body of the nation. Similar designs were quite popular elsewhere in the 1930s. The most prominent examples were Estado Novo in Portugal (1932–1968) and Brazil (1937–1945), the Austrian Standestaat (1933–1938), and authoritarian experiments in Estonia, Romania, and some other countries of East and East-Central Europe,
- ^ Kossmann 1978, p. 626.
- ISBN 1-85973-274-7.
- ^ Kossmann 1978, pp. 639–40.
- ^ Kossmann 1978, p. 640.
- ^ "Verbond van Dietsche Nationaal Solidaristen (Verdinaso) - NEVB Online". nevb.be. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ISBN 90-6445-971-1.
- ^ "Blokwatch - Nationale webstek over het Vlaams Belang - Het programma van het Verdinaso". 10 November 2007. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007.
Further reading
- ISBN 0-19-822108-8.
External links
Media related to Verdinaso at Wikimedia Commons- L'Extrême droite en Flandre hier
- Rues sans complexes Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine - Belgian fascists that some streets were still named after in 1999 (short biographies).
