Belgian blues.(Seriously)(Brief article)

From: New Internationalist | Date: January 1, 2008 | Copyright information

Belgium rarely makes it into world news, and is often stereotyped as being, well, rather dull. Belgian politics certainly elicits a gaping yawn from most observers in and out of the country. In fact, it would seem the whole government is so bored, they haven't had one for more than six months. Ironically, the communists and other labour activists have been taking to the streets, not to bring down the government--but to demand one.

The country is in the throes of a long political and existential crisis as the Flemish and French-speaking populations fail to agree on pretty much ...

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