The Big Question: Is Belgium on the brink of breaking apart, and would it matter if it did?
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"The Big Question: Is Belgium on the brink of breaking apart, and would it matter if it did?
By John Lichfield Published: 11 September 2007
Why are we asking this now? Three months after national elections, Belgium still has no government, only a caretaker administration. Attempts to agree a coalition have tumbled into a widening chasm of distrust between the country's two main language communities, the Dutch-speakers (roughly 60 per cent) and the French-speakers (roughly 40 per cent)."
"The Big Question: Is Belgium on the brink of breaking apart, and would it matter if it did?
By John Lichfield Published: 11 September 2007
Why are we asking this now? Three months after national elections, Belgium still has no government, only a caretaker administration. Attempts to agree a coalition have tumbled into a widening chasm of distrust between the country's two main language communities, the Dutch-speakers (roughly 60 per cent) and the French-speakers (roughly 40 per cent)."
