Filip Emiel Julien De Man is a Flemish politician and journalist. He has an M.A. in philosophy and lives in Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant. He is the brother of actress Brigitte De Man and the son of Jos De Man, a well-known lawyer and writer.
Career in ''Vlaams Belang''
In 1991 he became a member of Parliament for Vlaams Belang. Within his party he belongs to the outspoken right-wing group, with a strong focus on immigration. He was quoted saying that a Muslim cannot be a democrat. In the Chamber he strongly rejects the hundreds of thousands of naturalisations and the creeping amnesty for illegal aliens. Regarding crime statistics, he advocates honest information to citizens. As a partisan of a tough approach on crime, he favours the actual serving of prison sentences, the death penalty for child murderers such as Dutroux and Aït Oud, the expelling of criminally convicted foreigners and the active tracking down of terrorist cells. As for energy and climate, he states that nuclear power plants of the third and fourth generation in conjunction with the 'hydrogen economy' can be an answer to petrol blackmail by hostile regimes and to problems regarding energy supply - and would in no way be harmful regarding climate change. With regard to the problems between Flemings and Walloons, De Man is of the opinion that "Good governance = Flemish governance". He advocates the introduction of the concept of sub-nationality in Brussels, implying that inhabitants could freely opt for a Flemish social and fiscal regime. According to him, this would lead to a stronger position in the eventual negotiations on the breaking-up of Belgium. His views on Europe are, with a strong emphasis on the principle of subsidiarity and the creation of a 'Fortress Europe' in order to counter mass immigration from the other side of the Mediterranean.
Publications
1999 'De Zaak Demol, een commisaris geflikt', translated into French: 'L'affaire Demol. Un poulet chez les ânes'.
2003 'De Eeuwige Strijd. Hellas, Rome en Europa in het juiste perspectief'
2007 'L'Etat-PS. De maffia aan de macht'. Co-authored with Frank Vanhecke, translated into French: 'L'Etat PS. La mafia au pouvoir'
2007 'De Eeuwige Strijd II. Europa: van Dageraad tot Avondland', 'Requisitoir tegen de drugsprofeten', 'Waarheen met de politiediensten?', 'Criminaliteit: harde aanpak!', 'Vlaams Blok: de gezinspartij', 'Dossier politieke vluchtelingen'.
