Original sentence: (see an article by Bart Brinckman for one view on this subject).Changes to the party platform have been made to allow it to comply with the law and the motto of Vlaams Blok, Eigen volk eerst ("Own people first"), has been formally dropped.Its proposed policies are usually considered far-right, though its supporters deny this (see an article by Eric Defoortfor one view on this subject).There have been attempts to cut state funding for Vlaams Belang, but this approach is increasignly considered unproductive in Flanders, though not in Wallonia.Vlaams Belang (English: Flemish Interest) is a Belgian political party.Vlaams Belang is currently the largest Belgian party, with about a quarter of the vote in Flanders and a sixth for the whole of Belgium although other parties form alliances with their politically similar counterparts across the Flanders/Wallonia divide
Edited sentence: Changes to the party platform have been made to allow it to comply with the law and the motto of Vlaams Blok, Eigen volk eerst ("Own people first"), has been dropped.However, this is viewed by some as being counter-productive (see an article by Bart Brinckman for one view on this subject).One response to Vlaams Belang has been attempts to cut state funding for the party.Opponents see it as far-right (see an article by Eric Defoortfor one view on this subject).Vlaams Belang (English: Flemish Interest) is a right-wing Belgian political party.Vlaams Belang is currently the biggest single Belgian party, although other parties form alliances with their politically similar counterparts across the Flanders/Wallonia divide