French and Germans explore idea of smaller consolidated euro zone

[Richard Hakluyt]

Always enjoyed my trips to Belgium though, great beer, great food, amenable company, a good place for the self-indulgent.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Your repressed guilt over the fact that Britain created a disfunctional country to protect its own strategic interests is manifesting as hostility towards the Phlegms.

Belgium's just the most tedious dysfunctional country the British created.  The Flems always seem the most whiny nationalists in the world.  They make Scottish nationalists look positively chipper and well adjusted

that's because you're (apparently) unknowledgeble on the situation. Your problem, not ours. Same goes for marti on this issue

[Razgovory]

Actually, most of us don't care.  You aren't going to go viper on us are you?

[Viking]

Always enjoyed my trips to Belgium though, great beer, great food, amenable company, a good place for the self-indulgent.

The best thing ever said about belgium is that it has french quality food in dutch sized portions.

[KRonn]

Your repressed guilt over the fact that Britain created a disfunctional country to protect its own strategic interests is manifesting as hostility towards the Phlegms.

Belgium's just the most tedious dysfunctional country the British created.  The Flems always seem the most whiny nationalists in the world.  They make Scottish nationalists look positively chipper and well adjusted

Maybe it's long past time to break up the nation into smaller states.

[Razgovory]

Why is it our problem?  You talk like we should do something about it.  Let them figure it out.  It's their country.  So long as they don't start annexing other people's countries, they can do what ever the hell they want.

[Ideologue]

Your repressed guilt over the fact that Britain created a disfunctional country to protect its own strategic interests is manifesting as hostility towards the Phlegms.

Belgium's just the most tedious dysfunctional country the British created.  The Flems always seem the most whiny nationalists in the world.  They make Scottish nationalists look positively chipper and well adjusted

They both need to be subjected to Trident.

Use it before you lose it, UK.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Actually, most of us don't care.  You aren't going to go viper on us are you?

why bother?  Either we get rid of teh francophones or the francophones get rid of us. In the first case there's two new countries, in the second case a people is wiped of the face of the planet (as has been the stated goal of francophone belgium since its foundation)

[Syt]

I say we make the Flamish part a seperate country, tack the French part onto France, and make Brussels, as EU capital and seat of NATO an international, self governed city.

[Ideologue]

Actually, most of us don't care.  You aren't going to go viper on us are you?

why bother?  Either we get rid of teh francophones or the francophones get rid of us. In the first case there's two new countries, in the second case a people is wiped of the face of the planet (as has been the stated goal of francophone belgium since its foundation)

This makes the Quebecois seps look reasonable and objective.

Do you live in Belgium or Srpska?

[Grinning_Colossus]

Why independence? Why not just give the French parts to France and the Dutch parts to the Netherlands?

[Habsburg]

Always enjoyed my trips to Belgium though, great beer, great food, amenable company, a good place for the self-indulgent.

I agree, but it's really just the Habsburg Netherlands.  They also make lovely lace/doleys.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Actually, most of us don't care.  You aren't going to go viper on us are you?

why bother?  Either we get rid of teh francophones or the francophones get rid of us. In the first case there's two new countries, in the second case a people is wiped of the face of the planet (as has been the stated goal of francophone belgium since its foundation)

This makes the Quebecois seps look reasonable and objective.

Do you live in Belgium or Srpska?

you're not too bright are you?

It's not the flemish making territorial claims on francofonistan just because there's a bunch of migrants there that refuse to live by the law of the land.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I say we make the Flamish part a seperate country, tack the French part onto France, and make Brussels, as EU capital and seat of NATO an international, self governed city.

Brussels in 19 different communes, each with their mayor, citycouncil and all that comes with it. Good luck with convincing them that there should be only one mayor.

[Martinus]

Why independence? Why not just give the French parts to France and the Dutch parts to the Netherlands?

Probably because neither France nor the Netherlands would want their parts.