Failure by Belgium’s political parties to form a government since elections in June have prompted fears of a split in the tiny European country. Al Jazeera’s…

Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

This 2007 video is dated, but many of the same issues are still seen today.  This video briefly lays out the cultural context for the political divisions between the French-speaking Walloons and the Dutch-speaking Flemish populations of Belgium.  For a longer video on the topic, see this first portion of this video (the second half is on hertiage tourism at Catholic holy sites).

Tags: language, culture, Belgium, unit 4 political, Europe, devolution, unit 3 culture.  

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