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First of all, you seem to be new here so Welcome to this board!
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Thanks.
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I have a natural sympathy for Flemings because my ancestors were flemish but unfortunately the dutch language got lost through the years in my family. Today we speak french and want the Independence of Quebec! I'd love to learn dutch though, if I find time I will!
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I support an independent Québec as well, I know it's rich and French-speaking and many
Québecois probably feel threatened by the English language. I do also know they were referendums in Québec about independence where the separatists gained 49 %.
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Quebec has lots of ties with Wallonia because of the language but our history ressembles Flanders' a lot more. We too escaped from assimilation threats by another nation throughout our history and even the today the constitution of Canada doesn't include us. Quebec still hasn't signed it by the way.
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Yeah, despite French-speaking Québec is surrounded by large English-speaking nations (Canada and the USA) you could maintain your language and culture. Respect!
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I'm strongly in favor of the Independence of Flanders and in my opinion you should keep Brussels for the simple reason that it's part of your territory or was before it became autonomous. I'm against partition in all forms. Of course Wallonia couldn't survive by itself without Brussels so they'd probably end up being annexed to France.
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Yeah, Brussels can be very sensible for us. Brussels used to be a Dutch-speaking city. Nowadays Brussels is bilingual (Dutch-French), but French is mainly spoken now in Brussels. Economically viewed Flanders would be the best choice for Brussels, given that we're richer than Wallonia and the fact Brussels is an enclave within Flanders. So Brussels can be the bilingual capital (Dutch-French) of Flanders with remaining language facilities for the French-speakers.
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Of course an Independent Flanders couldn't survive without Brussels either so this city is truly the name of the game for the future of this region. It will have to go to one or the other side because another Berlin wall is not a solution.
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Flanders could survive without Brussels, but Brussels couldn't survive without Flanders. A political union Brussels-Wallonia isn't viable or feasible at my humble opinion. Brussels needs Flanders for the sake of money, economical transaction and financial advantages.
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I sincerely hope Belgium finds a way to split peacefully and in all it's peoples' best interests. The split is inevitable at this point so better do it the right way.
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The last obstacle for the total disintegration of Belgium remains Brussels.
03-26-2008, 12:41 AM
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