Erland Pison
Erland Pison | |
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| Born | 4 October 1974 |
| Occupations | Politician, lawyer |
Erland Pison (born 4 October 1974) is a Belgian politician.
After completing his law studies at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Pison moved to Brussels in 1999 to start his legal career in public law. From 2004 to 2009 he served in the Brussels Parliament.[1] In November 2004, Pison ran for the presidency of Flemish political party Vlaams Belang but was not elected.[2] From 2006 to 2009 he was also elected municipal councilor of Koekelberg. In 2010 he left politics and the bar of Brussels to study international relations. Pison re-entered politics in 2019. From 2019 until his dismissal in 2022, he was accredited parliamentary assistant (APA) at the European Parliament.
Controversy
In 2024, Apache and Humo discovered that Pison gave in 2009 a tour of the Flemish Parliament as a member of the Brussels Parliament to Roman Zentsov, ex-MMA-fighter and leader of the Russian far-right organisation Soprotivlenie and called Russia an "ally in the common struggle against the Islamic threat to Europe" in which "Russia has an important role to play".[3] Already in 2009, KVHV Gent introduced a Russian politician to Pison. In the same year, Pison was invited to speak at the so-called Seliger-camp, a youth festival known for its ties to the Putin government and as a propaganda instrument for Moscow.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Les députés". Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
- ^ "Brusselaar Pison kandidaatvoorzitter Vlaams Belang". www.bruzz.be.
- ^ Antonissen, Jan (3 October 2024). "'Hij is zéér beïnvloedbaar. Helemaal niet dom, maar een tikje wereldvreemd': eerst als studenten beïnvloed door Rusland, nu bij Vlaams Belang". De Morgen (in Flemish). Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ^ Jaroschewski, Julia (27 July 2010). "Jugendcamp in Russland: Drill im Idyll" – via www.spiegel.de.
- ^ Antonissen, Jan; Cochez, Tom (23 September 2024). "Eerst als studenten beïnvloed door Rusland, nu bij Vlaams Belang: 'We moeten een nieuwe elite creëren. Stijlvol, ordevol, moreel, intellectueel, doelbewust'". Humo (in Dutch).