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2004-05-10 Europe

Thousands of Flemish in anti-French protest

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Posted by Steve 2004-05-10 10:58:23 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Flemish-French divide is roughly equivalent to our Red - Blue state divide, with the Flemish being more conservative and entrepreneurial than the French-speaking folks.

Posted by virginian 2004-05-10 11:16:00 AM|| 2004-05-10 11:16:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 . . .Flemish being more conservative and entrepreneurial than the French-speaking folks

Does that surprise anyone?

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-10 11:53:50 AM|| 2004-05-10 11:53:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Come on, as much as I don't like the French, what can you say about one set of parties trying to kick the other set out of elections? These Flemish protestors sound like a bunch of fascist toads. You could argue against letting Eurocrats vote locally in Brussels, I guess, but to argue for banning Francophone *parties*? I don't bloody well think so!

Kind of makes me wonder how many bureaucrats, White House workers, and congressional aides are registered in the District, though. I can't imagine it's anything like thirty percent. Just how many Eurocrats are there, anyways?

Posted by Mitch H. 2004-05-10 12:13:52 PM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2004-05-10 12:13:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Uhm, Mitch? Vlaams Blok?

Posted by Adriane 2004-05-10 4:15:50 PM|| 2004-05-10 4:15:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 The Flemish demands are rational and simple: we want the boundaries for the electoral "district" to coincide with the boundary of Flanders.

If you could imagine for a moment Texan electoral districts extending into southern Oklahama, you get a better feel for the current situation here in Belgium.

Posted by Dog of Flanders 2004-05-13 7:30:47 AM|| [http://dof.skynetblogs.be] 2004-05-13 7:30:47 AM|| Front Page Top

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