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To: tejek who wrote (577483)	7/23/2010 4:48:08 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571200

Re: Alors, comment ça va? Ca va pas trop mal (not too bad). Re: So how long will Belgium remain Belgium before Antwerp goes on its merry way? And will you go with Antwerp or stay with Brussels? Well, this time around, I'm afraid secession is a matter of weeks or months --Flemish secession, that is. Flemish secessionists scooped 45% of the votes in the June 13th poll: NVA scored a whopping 30%, Vlaams Belang 12% and LDD (Lijst Dedecker) another 3%. Somehow, Belgium's institutional crisis reflects that of the European Union itself: if the latter has troubles, so does Belgium... like geopolitical twins. I guess the endgame for Belgium will be a French Wallonia alongside a Dutch Flanders. That is, France will annex Wallonia while Flanders will join the Netherlands --with two little provisos regarding the German-speaking cantons between Liège and Verviers, and the capital Brussels, a French-speaking enclave in Flanders. The latter will either end up as a Flemish Jerusalem --and, ultimately, a Dutch city-- or as "Brussels EC"... like Washington DC --a "European District". German-speaking cantons, on the other hand, will likely plebiscit their annexation to Germany --as a 17th Land... After all, they were part of Germany until 1918. Gus