And the Consequences for Europe

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A quote from Baron Bodissey at the Gates of Vienna blog, 24 August 2007
 
As Mr. Belien points out, if Belgium fractures, the resulting seismic shock will spread far beyond Brabant and the Netherlands. If Flanders and Wallonia can no longer make a go of their relationship, what of the much larger polygamous marriage that is the European Union? Finland and Portugal have far less in common than do the two major components of Belgium.

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I do think that the major conflict in europe is between neo-Stalinist Francophones and their East German patsies and free market Dutch/Danes/Brits. We should not be too surprised that this rift is happening on the french speaking border.