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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (340391)6/15/2007 5:31:16 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (1) of 1571681
 
Re: Strange that Brussels is surrounded by Flanders.......its such a French city.

Actually, some suburbs around Brussels are predominantly Francophone: Linkebeek, Rhodes-St-Genèse, Wemmel, Kraainem, Zaventem, La Hulpe,... and the last legislative polls (June 10, 2007) have shown --to the dismay of Flemish jingoists-- that the Francophone constituency is growing in and around Brussels. More people have voted for Francophone candidates than ever --really the worst nightmare for the jingoistic Flemings.

In hindsight, most Francophone politicians regret the way the so-called "linguistic border" was bargained with the Flemings in the 1970s: Brussels was straitjacketed to its core 19 communes (districts) and all of Brussels' predominantly Francophone suburbs were relinquished to Vlaams Brabant.... Hence the current idea among Francophone politicians to demand a corridor, a tract of land connecting Brussels to the Brabant Wallon in exchange for Flanders'secession.

Gus
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