Belgium's high expectations for favourite De Wever

According to surveys the nationalist New-Flemish Alliance with its leading candidate Bart De Wever will win Belgium's parliamentary elections on June 13. But De Wever's role as favourite is perilous, writes the daily De Standaard. "The prospect of him not only becoming the leader of the largest Flemish party but also the strongest party in Belgium changes the whole dynamic of the election campaign. The danger of this becoming a Pyrrhic victory is the least of our problems. ... The question of what will happen after that victory is a strong reminder of the [prime minister up to now Yves] Leterme debacle. In the last days of the campaign De Wever is constantly being confronted with the question of what exactly he will do with his newly acquired position. The expectations he has aroused turn him into a new messiah. As an authority on the ancient Romans he knows what fate can await such children of God."

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