70 steps plan (Belgium)
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The 70 steps plan or 70-points-plan (Dutch: 70-puntenplan) is a proposal drafted in 1992 by the Vlaams Blok, a Belgian political party, as an "answer to the problem of immigrants."
The full title of the plan is "Immigration: the solutions. 70 proposals for the solution of the problem of aliens" (Immigratie: de oplossingen. 70 voorstellen ter oplossing van het vreemdelingenprobleem).
The first version of the 70 steps plan was presented on June 6, 1992, by frontman Filip Dewinter during the colloquium Immigration: the West has to chose. It wanted to prove that a policy of return of immigrants could be realised.
The plan was heavily criticised because it was considered to be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). In October 1996 the Vlaams Blok published a new version of the 70 steps plan, which according to the party was completely in line with the ECHR.
The Belgian Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism, in retrospect, called the 70 steps plan "a strategy of aggressive expulsion in order to create a mono-ethnic state."[1]
[edit] Counterpart
In 2005 Spirit countered Vlaams Belang by putting forward its own 70 steps plan[2], forwarding interculturalism as a way to solve nowadays societal problems.
[edit] References
- ^ National Analytical Study on Racist Violence and Crime, RAXEN Focal Point for Belgium, Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism, page 11.
- ^ Vlaanderen kleurt! 70-puntenplan (in Dutch)
[edit] Further reading
- (Dutch) 70 steps plan, original version 1992
- (Dutch) 70 steps plan, version 1996
- (Dutch) Dewinter, Filip (1991). Weg met ons? Antwoord aan Paula D'Hondt. Antwerp: TYR. ISBN 90-5438-001-2.
- (Dutch) D'Hondt, Paula; Adriaens, Manu (1991). Mens voor mens. Leuven: Kritak. ISBN 90-6303-355-9.
