Originally Posted by Vlaams-Nationalist

Belgium has a new government ...

After the political crisis and our interim government we finally got a new government. I've got a few remarks about this government.

The composition of this government is very undemocratic. The government has 22 members, 10 Flemings and 12 Francophones. So the Flemish representation within the government is 45 %, whereas 60 % of the Belgian population is Flemish ....

The Belgian constitution clarifies the Council of Ministers should have as much Francophones as Flemings (only exception is the First Minister), even though 60 % of “the Belgians” are Flemish. How democratic, the Belgian constitution avoids a proportionate representation of both linguistic groups in the government ....

Besides we got 7 secretaries of states in our government, 2 are Flemish and 5 are ... French-speakers.

Why do we Flemings have to vote in Belgium? Belgium simply ignores results of the last elections and French-speaking parties who have lost the elections are represented again in the federal government ....

Now I'll explain why we simply can't obtain an equal representation of Flemings and French-speakers:

The Belgian constitution describes the composition of the government. We want to change the constitution and we don't need weapons for that. For a change to the constitution we only need a 2/3th majority in the federal Parliament and a majority in both linguistic groups.

The problem is the French-speakers will always refuse every modification and they really want to avoid a Belgium with a proportional representation of its linguistic groups. Belgium always favours its French-speakers, this goes on for 176 years now. (Belgium exists 176 years now.)