Flems, Walloons consider partition; Belgian parties deadlocked.(PAGE ONE)

The Washington Times | October 9, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Elizabeth Bryant

RHODE SAINT GENESE, Belgium - Stitched from a revolution and secured through compromise, Belgium's fragile fabric is unraveling and what once seemed impossible - the country's partition - is suddenly becoming imaginable.

The most immediate cause is a political deadlock among squabbling parties, which have yet to form a government more than three months after general elections.

But the roots of the standoff stretch back decades, nourished by growing language, cultural and economic differences between Dutch-speaking Flanders ...

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