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woodfaceI HATE my government right now. Hate them to no end. They're screwing us over and it feels like no one cares.
Short explanation; Belgium exists out of three districts; Flanders (dutch speaking), Walloon (french) and Brussels (bilaigual). In our constitution it is determined that when there are elections, each district has its own parties; in Flanders you get to vote for flemish parties, in Walloon for walloon parties and in Brussels you get to vote for french and dutch speaking parties. Only, there is a problem. Brussels is not a constituency on its own. For decades now Brussels falls under the constituency Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde. This means that the municipalities that fall under Halle and Vilvoorde (which are a part of Flanders and NOT Brussels) get to vote for the french parties that run in Brussels. Translation; Walloons who move to the districts around Brussels can still vote for french representatives in the capitol. This is what makes that Brussels' government is mostly french speaking and has led to a lot of headaches for any dutch speaking citizen trying to get around in their so called bilingual capitol.
Fed up with this, we actually went to the Court of Arbitration who came to the conclusion that the existence of the constituency Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde is against our constitution and it should be split up as soon as possible. Of course, the Walloons can't laugh with this and are doing everything to stop this from happening. They demand huge compensations in case that they do relent. Flanders sadly enough remains divided and are too busy stabbing themselves in the back to unite over this problem and force the constitution through.
So now, after our prime minister has decided that this point is not worth a crisis of government, there has been a lot of criticism. Finally, he relented and said he'd tackle the issue. And what is his solution? TO CHANGE THE FRAKKING CONSTITUTION! Thank you, Verhofstadt. It's great to know that you as a flemish politician are so quick to screw over the people who voted for you. Thanks a lot. My fate in politics is restored now. WHERE THE HELL ARE THOSE DEMONSTRATIONS? BLOODY IDIOT!
And let's not even touch the subject of Europe sending a FRENCH SPEAKING Romanian to the hospitals in Brussels and deciding that she had no problems at all to be understood. Marvelous. ASSHATS.
Short explanation; Belgium exists out of three districts; Flanders (dutch speaking), Walloon (french) and Brussels (bilaigual). In our constitution it is determined that when there are elections, each district has its own parties; in Flanders you get to vote for flemish parties, in Walloon for walloon parties and in Brussels you get to vote for french and dutch speaking parties. Only, there is a problem. Brussels is not a constituency on its own. For decades now Brussels falls under the constituency Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde. This means that the municipalities that fall under Halle and Vilvoorde (which are a part of Flanders and NOT Brussels) get to vote for the french parties that run in Brussels. Translation; Walloons who move to the districts around Brussels can still vote for french representatives in the capitol. This is what makes that Brussels' government is mostly french speaking and has led to a lot of headaches for any dutch speaking citizen trying to get around in their so called bilingual capitol.
Fed up with this, we actually went to the Court of Arbitration who came to the conclusion that the existence of the constituency Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde is against our constitution and it should be split up as soon as possible. Of course, the Walloons can't laugh with this and are doing everything to stop this from happening. They demand huge compensations in case that they do relent. Flanders sadly enough remains divided and are too busy stabbing themselves in the back to unite over this problem and force the constitution through.
So now, after our prime minister has decided that this point is not worth a crisis of government, there has been a lot of criticism. Finally, he relented and said he'd tackle the issue. And what is his solution? TO CHANGE THE FRAKKING CONSTITUTION! Thank you, Verhofstadt. It's great to know that you as a flemish politician are so quick to screw over the people who voted for you. Thanks a lot. My fate in politics is restored now. WHERE THE HELL ARE THOSE DEMONSTRATIONS? BLOODY IDIOT!
And let's not even touch the subject of Europe sending a FRENCH SPEAKING Romanian to the hospitals in Brussels and deciding that she had no problems at all to be understood. Marvelous. ASSHATS.
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Date: 2005-04-22 02:12 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-04-23 09:17 am (UTC)waar is de verdommese demonstratie?
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Date: 2005-04-23 10:10 am (UTC)