Name Frans Baert | ||
Frans Baert (Grembergen, 25 November 1925) is Dutch-speaking belgian flemish lawyer and politician, former member of the Volksunie party, before joining the Sociaal-Liberale Partij.
Frans Baert's doctrine
Frans Baert is the founder of a methodology, known in Dutch as Baertdoctrine; regarding Flemish independentism. This doctrine, taken by some Flemish politicians, is a step-by-step strategy in order to get an independent Flemish State through democratic reforms of Belgium.
Each reforms must follow three basic rules in order to reach a Flemish independence at the end:
- Each reform must be a significant step towards greater autonomy.
- Each reform should not prevent further reforms.
- Inside each reforms, the price paid to the other negotiator should not be unreasonable.
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