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Belgium - no longer a country?

posted by Anna-Maria Müller at 13h37 GMT on Sep 21

Three months after holding general elections Belgium has failed to create government, while separatist voices call for its split.

Belgium is divided into two larger regions - the Dutch-speaking Flanders in the north, and the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia. Friction among both ethnic groups and even calls for Belgium's split from the leaders of both groups left Belgium over three months without a government.

Read more about the historic and political background of the current situation in the New York Times as well as on Bloomberg.

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