Cultural rift threatens to rip Belgium apart: "'The main worry for ordinary Belgians is how all of this looks to the rest of the world. Brussels is the headquarters of the European Union but we can't even manage our own union.'"
The Belgians have not only given us the world's best chocolate they have given us a world of thought, architecture, literature, ideas...it is very sad they cannot accept their differences and agree to govern in a way which allows for their heritage. Yes, Brussels is the headquarters of the European Union. That Belgium is questioning its worth is of concern, but better they question it than others. The Belgians will sort it out and it does rather look like their country will split and join the countries of its heritage.I have a feeling that Belgian is a state of mind. A spirit and a way of being. Maybe they will see that and agree to live with each other. Maybe not...and then there will be no Belgium. Is that what they want? I guess our world is doing away with small and exclusive and merging these names into the big multinationals.
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