Meanwhile in Belgium...

[Democratic Hawk]

That's what happens when two distinct linguistic, socio-economic, and cultural peoples lumped together have nowt in common .

Brussels seems to be the dilema in that although capital of Flanders, it's overwhelmingly Francophone. Does it have a lot of French-speaking indigenous Flemish for some reason?

Have the Flemish never expressed any desire to re-join the Netherlands? Of course, Flanders seems viable enough to stand alone. What would happen to the Belgian monarchy if it all falls apart?

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

That's what happens when two distinct linguistic, socio-economic, and cultural peoples lumped together have nowt in common .

Yes. And guess what country is responsible for two distinct linguistic, socio-economic, and cultural peoples being lumped together in Belgium with nowt in common?

Wouldn't be Great Britain by any chance? If so, I'm sure it was, at the time, with the best of intent

Dave