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- ↑ "Le Parti des pensionnés sera de la campagne", La Libre Belgique , 18 January 2012
- ↑ Julien Dohet, "Comment l'extrême droite belge francophone communique-t-elle sur la toile ?", Analyse de l'IHOES, nr. 183, 6 February 2018