Ia faaauau pea lenei parakalafa - Ina ua i le 1968, French-tautala faipule socialist i Brussels (taitaiina e Henri Simonet) faatulagaina le lisi vaega Brussels ina ia mautinoa Piet Vermeylen, Hendrik Fayat ma isi Flemish faipule socialist mai Brussels, Halle ma Vilvoorde sa toetoe lava electable, Vermeylen faia le laasaga e leʻi vaaia o le vaeluaina o le vaega ma le fausiaina o se tauva Brussels Flemish Socialist Party, valaauina "Leona Red". Ina ua maeʻa lona toe filifilia faʻafuaseʻi, na avea ai o ia ma Minisita muamua o Peleseuma o le Dutch Language Education i le malo fou, na taʻitaʻia e le Christian Social Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens. Ina ua osofaʻia e ʻautau a le Feagaiga a Warsaw
I le masina o Aokuso i le 1968, na asiasi faalilolilo ai Vermeylen i Brno o se tagata tafafao maimoa, ae na tau lava ina sola ese atu i Ausetalia. Sa avea pea o ia ma faifeʻau seʻia oo i le 1972, ma e leʻi umi ae tuua loa faiga faapolotiki. I le 1984, na ia tusia ai se talaaga o lona olaga.