In Belgium, the only people who’re in favour of uniting the Dutch-speaking part (Flanders) with the Netherlands are the most marginal factions of the extreme right.
Why is that, wouldn't people want to unite with others who share the same language and culture?
Do you want the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand to be the same country? Because they also have the same culture and language. The language part is something you can't deny, but if you deny the culture part, perhaps you can understand that people who haven't been part of the same country since 1830 don't have exactly the same culture.
Besides that, for the left it's mainly about defending the welfare state, social security and the unity of the working class. Francophone and Dutchophone (can you say that in English?) Belgians are organised in the same unions (5 million people are unionised on a population of 10 million people) and we understand that if we allow the bourgeoisie to split us up, we'll be in a worse of situation.
Why is that, wouldn't people want to unite with others who share the same language and culture?
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Do you want the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand to be the same country? Because they also have the same culture and language. The language part is something you can't deny, but if you deny the culture part, perhaps you can understand that people who haven't been part of the same country since 1830 don't have exactly the same culture.
Besides that, for the left it's mainly about defending the welfare state, social security and the unity of the working class. Francophone and Dutchophone (can you say that in English?) Belgians are organised in the same unions (5 million people are unionised on a population of 10 million people) and we understand that if we allow the bourgeoisie to split us up, we'll be in a worse of situation.
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