Meanwhile, Ferdinand already visited the mayors of Ostend, Ghent and Bruges. Each time with a substantiated petition and the request to name one of the streets or squares in the municipality after Jacques Brel.
Devalck also thinks that Brel deserves more recognition in Flanders. “He was wrongly maligned here at the time. In the 1960s he sometimes dared to argue against the bourgeoisie. Afterwards the Flemish movement came and everything that was French-speaking was put on a blacklist. According to many people, Brel would be a have had an aversion to Flanders, while he just loved it,” said the actor.
A while ago Luk Ferdinand already fought for a tribute to singer Ann Christy. With success, because she has her own square in Meise.
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