Sunday, June 13, 2010

Flemish Nationalists Win Big In Belgium Vote



Flemish Separatists Win In Belgium -- New York Times

BRUSSELS — The move to break up Belgium gathered momentum Sunday as separatists won an emphatic election victory in Flanders, the prosperous Dutch-speaking half of the fiercely divided nation.

A stunning electoral success for Bart de Wever’s Flemish nationalist party marks a significant new challenge to the fragile unity of a country where tensions between French and Dutch speakers run deep.

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More News On Belgium's Election

UPDATE: Belgian Voters Back Flemish Nationalists, French-Speaking Socialists
-- Wall Street Journal
Belgian election win for party that wants to split nation -- The Guardian
Poll brings Flemish separatists closer to their goal -- Times Online
Separatists win Flanders region in Belgian elections -- The Telegraph
Flemish Nationalist ‘Earthquake’ May Reshape Splintered Belgium -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Flems poised to gain independence from Belgium -- Examiner
Deconstructing Belgium -- Wall Street Journal editorial

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