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Belgium broke the record for longest time a country's been without a government

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well if it wasn't that much in the news I probably didn't know we have no goverment :P

 

I actually didn't know until you mentioned it a while ago. I haven't seen anything in the news.

I actually didn't know until you mentioned it a while ago. I haven't seen anything in the news.

 

oh,

we aren't that inportant :(

well we don't make a fuss about it so that could be the reason why nobody knew it

THERE WAS A PARTY FOR IT AND I WASN'T THERE :bigcry:

 

you should be happy you weren't there, what is there to be happy about :uhoh:

 

YAY WE ARE A COUNTRY THAT CAN'T HAVE A GOVERNMENT !!! LET'S PARTY :vuvuzela:

euhm NOOO :inquisitive:

you should be happy you weren't there, what is there to be happy about :uhoh:

 

YAY WE ARE A COUNTRY THAT CAN'T HAVE A GOVERNMENT !!! LET'S PARTY :vuvuzela:

euhm NOOO :inquisitive:

 

there were free fries :dozey: and I was hungry and wanted fries :blank:

 

 

YAY PARTEH TIMEH!!!!!!!!!! :vuvuzela:

oh,

we aren't that inportant :(

well we don't make a fuss about it so that could be the reason why nobody knew it

 

Isn't the EU parliament is Brussels? Yeah, it's been pretty low key.

 

 

you should be happy you weren't there, what is there to be happy about :uhoh:

 

YAY WE ARE A COUNTRY THAT CAN'T HAVE A GOVERNMENT !!! LET'S PARTY :vuvuzela:

euhm NOOO :inquisitive:

 

I would :awesome:

what about Somalia? they've been in a state of anarchy since 1991

 

this from wiki

 

Well the thing is actually, that the media is interpreting it wrong. It's actually the world record of forming a government, not being without one.

Basically, historically there's been the Flemings and the Walloons, and the Flemings speak Flemish and live in the north, and the Walloons speak French and live in the south. You go from the south of the country to the north and the second you cross the border all the signs switch languages to Flemish, everyone starts hating you for speaking French, etc. (Same way going the other direction.) In other words Belgium is just made up of two social groups that are culturally and linguistically separated and unwilling to deal with one another. Imo it's a miracle they've stayed as one country for so long.

 

Well the reason why we stay together is the thing that makes it even more complicated: Brussels. They often compare it with 2 people wanting to break up but they can't because of their child :P

Basically, Brussels is a French speaking part on Flemish 'territory'. Well not 100% French speaking, more like 75% or so.

And well the thing is that our political structure is so damn complicated that it's killing itself.

Oh and to top if off, there's the media saying that 'we pay taxes for the poor Wallons where there is a lot of unemployment'

 

Sigh

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