A quote from Frank Vanhecke MEP, party leader of the Flemish-secessionist Vlaams Belang, in The Flemish Republic, 20 June 2007

We are not prepared, however, to swap Belgium for another multinational construct, a European superstate, which is bound to be even more undemocratic and oppressive than Belgium. We stand for an independent, sovereign Flanders and are opposed to all centralization attempts emanating from Brussels, whether it be “Belgian Brussels” or “European Brussels.”