Belgian politicians begin ‘battle of Brussels’

EurActiv writes upon the future reform of Belgium, transforming the state into a ‘federation’ grouping together Wallonia and Brussels. Flemish nationalists immediately denounced the ‘provocation’.

The French-speaking Belgian community will adopt the name ‘Federation Wallonia-Brussels’, it emerged on 4 April 2011 after a debate in the Walloon parliament in Namur.
The political declaration, which has not been enacted at federal level, was announced on 4 April 2011 by Rudy Demotte, premier of the Wallonia region and representatives of Belgium's four biggest French-speaking parties – the Socialists (PS), the liberals (MR), the centre-right (cdH) and the Greens (Ecolo).

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Belgian general election, 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/belgian-general-election-2010/

ESO: Background information: Belgium's Political Crisis Foretells EU's Future http://www.europeansources.info/record/belgiums-political-crisis-foretells-eus-future/

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