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Having just spent the past 3-4 days in Belgium, a couple of days each in Wallonia (French) and Flanders (Dutch speaking), I can certainly attest to the fact that the 2 sections of the country couldn't be more different in terms of not only language, but culture. It's truly like being one day in France and the other day in Holland. The Flemish people, being culturally Dutch, are as accommodating and pleasant as humanly imaginable, whereas the Wallonians are, well, French. Better food and beverages to be sure, but that French "je ne sais quoi" attitude is very apparent.
I could easily imagine that the cultural/political divide between Flanders and Wallonia is far greater than our Left/Right divide, and with that the case, the desire to split pretty high. As to the point made in the OP, nobody seemed to care one way or the other about any lack of governance.
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07-05-2011, 02:39 AM
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