Belgium has now gone 385 days without a functioning government. The small European country is divided between a slight Dutch-speaking Flemish majority (6.5 million) in the North and a French speaking minority (4 million) lives in the south. When the New Flemish Alliance took power in elections last year, their primary aim was to split the country into two independent states. The problem arises with the capital, Brussels.
Brussels is French speaking, but if Belgium was divided, it would end up in the Flemish speaking state. Brussels is also the capital of the European Union, causing profound ramifications.
The people of Belgium are fed up with the limbo that their country is in. Earlier this year, when Belgium overtook Iraq for the title of "country without the longest functioning government," the people took to the streets and had a sort of street party with live music, DJs, and dancing (including nude dancing, in the winter, as a political message).
Other political messages that day including the distribution of French fries in the Flemish north and Dutch beer in the French speaking south.
Brussels is French speaking, but if Belgium was divided, it would end up in the Flemish speaking state. Brussels is also the capital of the European Union, causing profound ramifications.
The people of Belgium are fed up with the limbo that their country is in. Earlier this year, when Belgium overtook Iraq for the title of "country without the longest functioning government," the people took to the streets and had a sort of street party with live music, DJs, and dancing (including nude dancing, in the winter, as a political message).
Other political messages that day including the distribution of French fries in the Flemish north and Dutch beer in the French speaking south.
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