belgium

[ripper46]

so you think that the best thing to do for belgium is to stay as it is
i.e "wallonie" taking advantage of flanders ?

[Ferrer]

Elections here in belgium are over and done with since yesterday , but I heard it came on the news in some foreign countries. Did anyone see this?
how did they comment the event? whats your vieuw?

Yes it was on the newspapers today here, altough to be honest I didn't read the news bit...

[henk4]

so you think that the best thing to do for belgium is to stay as it is
i.e "wallonie" taking advantage of flanders ?

and from whom is Brussels taking advantage?

[ripper46]

The reasoning behind wanting to split Belgium into two is flawed. Our economic position and welfare has never been higher.

do you think the economic position will worsen if there is "splitting"

[ripper46]

and from whom is Brussels taking advantage?

flanders

[ripper46]

for the record , I am not really a CD&V fan

[Lagonda]

so you think that the best thing to do for belgium is to stay as it is
i.e "wallonie" taking advantage of flanders ?

The only thing that needs to change at this point is the PS. And the signal is clear to them. The voters in Wallonia have proven this by letting the MR become the largest party.

The fact is that they don't "take advantage" of us. It something that's pushed into our little heads by parties like Vlaams Belang and NVA. Flanders is doing better and better every consecutive year. Wallonia doesn't change that.
What needs to happen is a review of where the money goes and comes from. THAT's what's in need of a change. This down right separatism isn't the solution.
Flanders and Wallonia would die after a separation. I don't believe that we can sustain ourselves if we would become independant.

Every country has its poorer regions. Why does it have to mean that we need to dump them ? Review of fundings is where the solution is.

This entire separtism-promoting train of thought is fueled by the fact that we Belgians have no real sense of national pride.

[Lagonda]

Oh and what would happen to Brussels ? And how would you separate the government debt ? And what are you going to do if the transfers to poorer EU countries begins ? Separate from the EU ?

[ripper46]

The only thing that needs to change at this point is the PS. .

verry true, they are plain criminals, and they cause a lot of the problems in wallonie.

There are huge problems in wallonie, and its not up to us to solve them , they have a huge unemployment rate and the PS only stimulates this further.
their attitude is just wrong.

if the separation would ever take place , flanders would gain alot, GDP would rise considerably, also due to accelerator effects.
the situation in wallonie will worsen, and a new aproch will have to be taken to get out of the slump, a revolution will have to take place.

I just don't like that enormous ammounts of my taxes are going there to support the ps "criminal regime", Do you?

[ripper46]

Oh and what would happen to Brussels ?

thats a tuff one, Make a separate entity like monaco

I am verry aware that a separation will not take place and that its over complicated ,
but the current situation can't go on