Original sentence: After the last regional elections in 2004, Vlaams Blok already was invited briefly for negotiations at the start of the formation of the regional government and  N-VA president Bart De Wever has meanwhile declared that for the N-VA, towards Vlaams Belang  the cordon sanitaire doesn’t exist any more.Controversially, it has no direct power due to the so-called 'cordon sanitaire', imposed by the other parties because Vlaams Blok's party views were considered to be too extreme.It has been growing steadily since 1978, when its predecessor "Vlaams Blok" was formed
Edited sentence: After the last regional elections in 2004, Vlaams Blok already was invited briefly for negotiations at the start of the formation of the regional government.Controversially, it has no direct power due to the so-called 'cordon sanitaire', imposed by the other parties because VB's party views were considered to be too extreme.It has been growing steadily since 1978, when it was formed as "Vlaams Blok"