Order Of Flemish Militants
The Vlaamse Militanten Orde (Flemish Militants Order in Dutch) or VMO – originally Vlaamse Militanten Organisatie (Flemish Militants Organisation) – was a Flemish nationalist activist group in Belgium defending far-right interests by propaganda and political action. Established in 1949 in 1954 they would help to found the Volksunie (VU), a Belgian political party. The links between the extremist VMO and the VU lessened as the party moved towards the centre. Later the VMO would become linked to neo-Nazism and a series of paramilitary attacks on immigrants and leftists.
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