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BREDENE is a beach resort a short tram ride along the dunes from Ostend where the annual Manifiesta fete of the Belgian Workers Party — the PTB/PvdA — is sited. The fete attracts large crowds from across the country’s two linguistic communities.
The fete grounds are built around the marquees of the various French- and Dutch-speaking provinces where local food, excellent Belgian beer, entertainment and argument maintains a party atmosphere shot through with serious debates, comedy and music.
Last Saturday the Morning Star’s cycling equipe Pedal4Progress arrived at the Manifiesta after a solidarity ride that went from Maastricht, the site of the eponymous treaty that ushered in EU austerity, spending limits and private finance initiatives to the Brussels headquarters of the Nato war alliance.
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