Belgium: French, Flemish or both?
Resignations, calls for a split - since legislative elections in June 2007, the Belgian kingdom seems to be screeching to a Czechoslovakia-style halt. Will the poorer, southern region of Wallonia soon belong to France, as 49% of the French-speaking Belgians voted for in a recent Ipsos report?
EU reporting bad Belgian news
Belgian national media is not impressed by the European coverage of political crisis. The presence of the European institutions, it believes, is impeding its autonomy
If Belgium became the new Czechoslovakia
Are the Flemish and Walloons against a split like the Slovaks and Czechs were in 1992? Would it be down to politicians to decide a split? Economic repercussions, language problems and sports ratings – a Slovak perspective on how a country dissolves
Yves Leterme: good things come in three’s
Belgian prime minister Yves Leterme threw the towel in for the third time on 15 July after his Flemish Christian democrat party CD&V failed to make political reforms. But King Albert II refused to accept the resignation. What is happening in Belgium?
