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Belgium’s endless existential identity crisis

As it stumbles from one political crisis to the next, Belgium faces a profound existential threat. But can the slow disintegration of the Belgian state be reversed and, if so, how?

The West’s hidden tribalism

Tribalism and sectarianism afflicts Western societies too. So why is that they seem to be tearing the Middle East apart?

De lijm die België bijeenhoudt

De nationale voetbalgekte verbergt de realiteit dat België al twee staten is. Ik gebruik mijn stem als lijm die kan helpen om België samen te houden

Glueing Belgium back together one vote at a time

With Belgium little more than a hollow shell, I’ll be using my vote as a squirt of glue to help hold the collapsing country together.

When two tongues collide

No this isn’t a perverse way of describing French kissing, but a new theory of how two languages can peacefully co-exist in one country.

Belgium Europe

Khaled Diab August 31, 2007October 14, 2023 0 Comments Belgium, eu, flanders, walloon

War of words at the heart of Europe rocks Belgium

The collapse of talks to form a federal government in Belgium is testing the country’s legendary capacity for political compromise to the limit.

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