How is Belgium constituted? Many observers think of Belgium as a mainly French-speaking country with a minority that speaks a ‘Flemish’ dialect related to Dutch. In fac...
Why isn’t Belgium fully bilingual? During the period of the French occupation (before the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815) the Flemish middle class began to speak Frenc...
Why federalism isn’t the solution? Eventually, universal suffrage made it possible for Flemings to translate their demographic majority into greater political power. Flanders’...
What about French-speakers in Flanders? Frenchification of Flanders has also been taking place outside Brussels. More and more French-speakers have been settling in the Flemish tow...
Why shouldn’t Brussels be the EU capital? With fewer than one million inhabitants, Brussels is not very large. It is unable to accommodate all of the institutions of the ever-expandi...
What is our position on the European Union? An independent Flanders would be a member state of the European Union. The European Union should be a confederation, whose members cooperate...
What about Flanders and the Netherlands? In the past Wallonia and the Belgian establishment has opposed all attempts at rapprochement between the people of Flanders and the people o...
BHV – What is it all about? BHV stands for Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde. It is a disputed constituency in the center of Belgium that encompasses both the officially bilingu...
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