Belgium divided by 2

So now it is Belgium’s time to split. It is the same Belgium whose capital Brussels is host to the European Union Headquarters. The main problem is between the Dutch Speaking Flanders and the French Speaking Wallonia. The Flanders are more rich and complain that they are subsidizing the so called “poor” and “lazy’’ Wallonia and they are sick are tired of it. The recent election has confirmed this coming split. It mostly based on language. You can compare this to the complain by the northerners in Italy that they are subsidizing the poor south and thus they also want to split the country into two but they are not on linguistic basis but on the basis of economics.

Anyway, Belgium is still fighting to remain one country but the people there are not that optimistic that Belgium will remain the same. Although its split will be rather normal (as compared to the former Yugoslavia, but much like the Czechoslovakia) and peaceful but it is a huge deal since it is the United Belgium that is the home of the European Union and NATO alliance. What will become of all the international organizations based there and how will they cope with this impending split. It will be interesting to see.