According to the Flemish periodical ’t Pallieterke , Marcel Verhofstadt was actively searched after the Second World War. Marcel Verhofstadt is the father of Guy Verhofstadt according to ’t Pallieterke. Marcel Verhofstadt was searched because he was present at a ‘fusion meeting’ of Rex, Verdinaso and VNV. Those parties collaborated in a more or lesser degree with the nazis of Hitler. According to ’t Pallieterke, the father of Guy Verhofstadt could later work as a lawyer for a trade union.