Verdinaso
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Union of Diets National Solidarists
Verbond van Dietsche Nationaal Solidaristen |
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| Leader | Joris Van Severen |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Dissolved | 1941 |
| Headquarters | Brussels |
| Paramilitary wing | DINASO Militanten Orde |
| Ideology |
Flemish nationalism Clerical fascism Solidarism Orangism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Colours | Orange, white, blue |
The Verdinaso (Verbond van Dietsche Nationaal-Solidaristen - Union of Diets National Solidarists), sometimes seen as Dinaso, was an authoritarian and fascist-inspired political party in Belgium and the Netherlands during the 1930s. It was founded by Joris Van Severen, Jef François, Wies Moens, and Emiel Thiers on October 6, 1931 (at the Hôtel Richelieu in Ghent), and, in 1937, developed a paramilitary wing that wore green shirts (DINASO Militanten Orde).
The party was against the parliamentary democracy and eventually advocated a corporative society ruled by the Belgian King. As such it never participated on elections, and never became a strong political pressure group.
The Verdinaso originally advocated Flemish and Dutch nationalism. It proposed the union of Flanders with the Netherlands and Luxembourg to form a Dietsland or Diets Rijk ("Dutch Empire" - see Greater Netherlands), justifying this on the basis of a common history of the three lands under the Burgundians, and the emblematic rule of Charles I. In 1932, two of its leaders, François and Van Severen, were elected to the Chamber of Deputies; the same year, the party was joined by Victor Leemans, who wrote the work Het nationaal-socialisme, an apology for National Socialism.
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