 His grandfather had been the secretary of the Flemish National Union, a flemish far right party from the interwar period that had been recognised as the ruling party by the occupying Nazi forces, and his father was an activisit for the Volksunie.However, during an interview, Bart De Wever nuanced his grandfather's past by claiming he had not collaborated with the occupier.An early election was held on 13 June 2010, resulting in the N-VA winning most votes in the Dutch-speaking areas and the Socialist Party (PS) in French-speaking Belgium.