POLITICAL BEARINGS OF THE EVENT. THE NEW MAP OF EUROPE. THE FEELING IN ENGLAND. THE LATE AND THE PRESENT KING. IMPERIAL SYMPATHY. ... and in that of Belgium, that the young Duke of BRABANT, ...

But then, arguably, Belgium’s politicians have themselves been short of political realism for some years now. The economists and human geographers began the day by challenging the received stereotype ...

Belgium has survived over a year with no government. The country is locked in a centuries old dispute between the Dutch-speaking North and the French-speaking South. However, this is about more ...

Belgium marks ‘political record’ Belgians claim world record as they mark 249 days without a government with celebrations and protests. Published On 17 Feb 2011 17 Feb 2011 ...

But while Belgium’s political vacuum is bad for its international image, it could, paradoxically, be good for the European Union. Under the Lisbon Treaty, which came into force in December, the ...

Carles Puidgemont has fled to Belgium, where the very presence in the federal government of a political party who in the depths of their hearts wants (Flemish) independence attests to the success ...