Cordon sanitary
cordon sanitary a technique is where one tries an undesirable or dangerous isolate situation by laying a protecting ring there round. For this reason one uses also the word schutkring.
In the cattle breeding something like that happens when somewhere a contagious sickness has broken out, for example pig plague or bird plague. Nobody can then still animals of and towards that company to transport and other contacts is also restricted up to strict minimum.
In the international policy sometimes a trade embargo becomes as cordon sanitary issued. Diplomatic contacts and international trade are then scaled back up to strict minimum. An example was it of after the attack .
In the internal policy one speaks of cordon sanitary if one ignores a group or an initiative consequently and refuses in matter involve. Although it aims at the same, it is the reverse of repressive tolerantie. The intention is that person or group off-side to put. According to some this tactic is not . For several reasons it is reverted, for example:
- One has been possible reach no agreement with negotiations;
- The opinions lie too far from each other;
- Application of the same methods as the adversary these to let sense that the attitude or opinion is not appreciated.
Concrete case in Belgium
In became cordon sanitary against set up by remaining parties of that moment: , SP, PVV, and . This happened after these parties a heavy Flemish jump to right had determine. obtained at 17.17% of the votes.
The protocol that was concluded on 10 May 1989 on proposal of Agalev-partijsecretaris Jos Geysels however but a couple kept weeks score. On 26 June Vu-voorzitter blew Jaak Gabriëls the protocol, whereupon also PVV and CVP no longer tied considered himself. In run-up of the parliamentary elections of 1991 again a attempt failed the protocol new lives to insufflate.
Just after it at the elections of 24 November 1991 were also nationally broken through, a new initiative were taken. On 19 November 1992 all Flemish parties inspected, the Flemish block-system excluded, in Flemish Council a resolution well in which so-called 70-puntenplan concerning immigration of the Flemish block-system it was condemned sharply because of conflict with European declaration for human rights.
In the resolution the principles of the cordon were laid down sanitary. It keeps in that each Flemish party under no circumstances governing board agreements concludes or makes political agreements with the Flemish block-system. The cordon sanitary apply both to the local and national levels and elections. The principles of the cordon sanitary became once more explicit herbevestigd in the charter for democracy as a result of the municipality Council elections in 2000.
The democratic value of the cordon sanitary remains a frequently contracted discussion point in the Flemish policy. Under protection of the cordon sanitary the Flemish block-system, was meanwhile transformed to Flemish importance the largest party.
