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6 left groups are being targeted, not 2. It's not mentioned by the vrt, but the 4 organisations that fall back on the minimum subsidy are also "coincidentally" organisations that would be considered left by the far right nva. The 6 organisations: Labo vzw, HOTM, Vrede vzw, Vredesactie, GetBasic and Climaxi. The first 2 won't get a subsidy, the last 4 lose most of their previous subsidy. https://www.vredesactie.be/nieuws/2025/de-vlaamse-regering-vernietigt-niet-alleen-subsidies-voor-kritische-organisaties-ze
Also interesting are the questions being raised in the Flemish parliament. From Bram Jaques:
"Zes organisaties moeten het ontgelden en krijgen de hakbijl op basis van dat plan. Wat wordt hun verweten? De steun die ze betuigen aan gewelddadig extremisme. Bewijs daarvan wordt niet geleverd. Motivering is er niet. Tegenspraak? Nul. Gaat het om een link op een website, een logo, een agenda-item? Niemand die het weet. Wat we wel weten, is dat Vrede vzw en GetBasic vorige legislatuur al een intimiderende inspectie van Jan Jambon aan hun broek kregen, een inspectie die hen volledig vrijpleitte."
And:
"Wat we nog weten, is dat Vredesactie gelijk kreeg van de rechter in zijn zaak tegen de Vlaamse Regering over de doorvoer van militair materieel naar Israël."
https://www.vlaamsparlement.be/nl/parlementair-werk/plenaire-vergaderingen/1960271/verslag/1965464
Jos D'Haese his piece is also worth reading.
The nva appears to be going more and more for a full mask off authoritarian style of politics. Not even bothering to make up a proper motivation for arbitrary decisions, intimidation of dissidents, vague made up accusations against experts whose conclusions they don't like (experts who they themselves had vetted beforehand), ...
Every one seems to forget about Samenhuizen vzw.
This controversy isn't about the organisations that received a negative recommendation from the independent experts. It's about the 6 organisations that are losing most/all their subsidies despite getting a positive recommendation. If there is a different controversy about the negative recommendation for samenhuizen's application, then I'm not aware of that one.