Man sounds complicated, on a positive note at least it's not like Sri Lanka where the country is filled with BS artists and the power is centralised to a nepotist president who doesn't seem to care for anyone but himself, and the saddest thing is that people have not yet realised they live in a dictatorship !!!
The problem is that our country is divided into two parts.
A french lingual part, and a dutch lingual part.
Basically, my part (the dutch speaking part) belonged to Holland in the past and the French speaking part to France (obviously).
Now, every 4 years, we go to vote for a governement (for the entire country, each part itself has a governement itself but those are other elections).
Alas, we need to keep in mind that the two completely opposite structures contradict eachother.
While Flanders (the Dutch speaking part) chose for a confederalist/consevative party, Walony (the french speaking part) or w.e. it is in English, chose for a socialist/progressive party.
Now, the two sides need to make an agreement that benefits them both. Unfortunately, there are more factors involved into this that would take me too long to explain, as the governements weren't able to solve the problems in the past 60 years.
Summary: We have two sides in Belgium that can't work together because each side is interested only in itself and not the wellbeing of the entire country.
Anyways, yay for us!
You need to learn your own history. Saying that the Dutch part was part of Holland the French part was part of France isn't true. If that would be the case it would have been impossible for us to form a country in the first place. We were only part of Holland in the year 1815-30 and that means entire Belgium, also the French part. Before that the last time we were one with Holland was in the 16th century during the reign of Charles V and back then you couldn't even talk about one being a part of another as it truly was one whole. In fact if you were to say someone was a part of another it would be Holland being part of Belgium in that specific time context. The French part has alone never been part of France either. Only during the time of Napoleon Belgium, so both Dutch as French parts, were added to France.
The problem is that our country is divided into two parts.
A french lingual part, and a dutch lingual part.
Basically, my part (the dutch speaking part) belonged to Holland in the past and the French speaking part to France (obviously).
Now, every 4 years, we go to vote for a governement (for the entire country, each part itself has a governement itself but those are other elections).
Alas, we need to keep in mind that the two completely opposite structures contradict eachother.
While Flanders (the Dutch speaking part) chose for a confederalist/consevative party, Walony (the french speaking part) or w.e. it is in English, chose for a socialist/progressive party.
Now, the two sides need to make an agreement that benefits them both. Unfortunately, there are more factors involved into this that would take me too long to explain, as the governements weren't able to solve the problems in the past 60 years.
Summary: We have two sides in Belgium that can't work together because each side is interested only in itself and not the wellbeing of the entire country.
Anyways, yay for us!
This week there is an event where you can eat as much fries as you want as protest against the current situation =D as fries are the symbol of Belgiumcongrats!!!
i read somewhere a woman opted for all the wives of the negotiators to stop having *** with their hubbies.
apparently Kenia had the same problem a few years back, but after the wives called for a "no nookie until the government was formed" pact the negotiators went to bizniz and got the government within a week xD
talk about good incentive![]()
I envy you :T_T:~Removed all the spam and this is a warning to all~
This week there is an event where you can eat as much fries as you want as protest against the current situation =D as fries are the symbol of Belgium
I put it in this way because it's already hard enough to explain to people who virtually have no knowledge at all about Belgium. Stating it my way was only meant as to make it easier for people to understand (I doubt it makes a difference to people). Anyways, you're right, I'm wrong, forgive me for my ignorance about our own history.~Removed all the spam and this is a warning to all~
You need to learn your own history. Saying that the Dutch part was part of Holland the French part was part of France isn't true. If that would be the case it would have been impossible for us to form a country in the first place. We were only part of Holland in the year 1815-30 and that means entire Belgium, also the French part. Before that the last time we were one with Holland was in the 16th century during the reign of Charles V and back then you couldn't even talk about one being a part of another as it truly was one whole. In fact if you were to say someone was a part of another it would be Holland being part of Belgium in that specific time context. The French part has alone never been part of France either. Only during the time of Napoleon Belgium, so both Dutch as French parts, were added to France.
Before Napoleon and after 1585 Belgium has been ruled by several powers like Spain and Austria, however it remained a separate whole within their empires. Only exception was Luik (Liège) however that belonged nor to France, nor to Holland nor to anyone as it was ruled by a bisshop. Luik became part of Belgium at the end of the 18th century and it's there that the main French parts come from.
this isn't goodCongratulationg to us, Belgians, as we officially broke the world record of trying to form a government. After 249 days we still failed at doing so and with that we broke the world record previously taken by Iraq.
Hooray for us =D *uncorks a champagne bottle*
I study history, including the history of the The Netherlands, so I know it quite well. Our history is incredibly complex and not easy to understand, though saying that one part is a part Holland and the other a part from France is just not true. That would give an incorrect image of our country to other people.I put it in this way because it's already hard enough to explain to people who virtually have no knowledge at all about Belgium. Stating it my way was only meant as to make it easier for people to understand (I doubt it makes a difference to people). Anyways, you're right, I'm wrong, forgive me for my ignorance about our own history.
And don't forget delicious Belgian Waffles!~Removed all the spam and this is a warning to all~
I don't mind the jokes about it, however don't start actually insulting my country and all its people. There are still differences between the two.
You need to learn your own history. Saying that the Dutch part was part of Holland the French part was part of France isn't true. If that would be the case it would have been impossible for us to form a country in the first place. We were only part of Holland in the year 1815-30 and that means entire Belgium, also the French part. Before that the last time we were one with Holland was in the 16th century during the reign of Charles V and back then you couldn't even talk about one being a part of another as it truly was one whole. In fact if you were to say someone was a part of another it would be Holland being part of Belgium in that specific time context. The French part has alone never been part of France either. Only during the time of Napoleon Belgium, so both Dutch as French parts, were added to France.
Before Napoleon and after 1585 Belgium has been ruled by several powers like Spain and Austria, however it remained a separate whole within their empires. Only exception was Luik (Liège) however that belonged nor to France, nor to Holland nor to anyone as it was ruled by a bisshop. Luik became part of Belgium at the end of the 18th century and it's there that the main French parts come from.
This week there is an event where you can eat as much fries as you want as protest against the current situation =D as fries are the symbol of Belgium
Hey Cali, I'll cook you delicious fries if you be my bestest friend!I study history, including the history of the The Netherlands, so I know it quite well. Our history is incredibly complex and not easy to understand, though saying that one part is a part Holland and the other a part from France is just not true. That would give an incorrect image of our country to other people.
Lmao over my entire country different kinds of events were held as both celebretation as protest: in my city free fries, in another a student striptease show xd etc. both French as Dutch people together.
Btw we will never separate, just for the record.
I see. It looks like they wouldn't be able to work together until forever.
The problem is that our country is divided into two parts.
A french lingual part, and a dutch lingual part.
Basically, my part (the dutch speaking part) belonged to Holland in the past and the French speaking part to France (obviously).
Now, every 4 years, we go to vote for a governement (for the entire country, each part itself has a governement itself but those are other elections).
Alas, we need to keep in mind that the two completely opposite structures contradict eachother.
While Flanders (the Dutch speaking part) chose for a confederalist/consevative party, Walony (the french speaking part) or w.e. it is in English, chose for a socialist/progressive party.
Now, the two sides need to make an agreement that benefits them both. Unfortunately, there are more factors involved into this that would take me too long to explain, as the governements weren't able to solve the problems in the past 60 years.
Summary: We have two sides in Belgium that can't work together because each side is interested only in itself and not the wellbeing of the entire country.
Anyways, yay for us!