Future of Belgium under threat over language row

The Telegraph ^ | 4/22/2010 | Henry Samuel, Paris

[HiTech RedNeck]

maybe they should compromise with english?

[bruinbirdman]

Why am I reminded of Canada?

The Belgians haven't really had a functional government for more than 20 years.

yitbos

[driftdiver]

“The Belgians haven’t really had a functional government for more than 20 years.”

Sure they do, the functional one is more interested in ruling the world through the financial system though.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

I thought maybe it was going to be about Arabic.

[Hexenhammer]

Or more likely an arabic language.

[Happy Rain]

The battle between Flemings and Walloons still rages I see.
Been going on a long time.

[Jaxter]

Good thing that could never happen here. By the way, does anybody know what “Para espanol, oprima numero dos” means?

[HiTech RedNeck]

If they can’t agree on what to do, it sounds like they will become part of New Arabia.

[HiTech RedNeck]

for spanish hit two

[Gumdrop]

They should return the large portion of Luxembourg, where French and Letzeburgish language prevail, to the Grand Duchy! It was stolen from them after the Treaty of Vienna in order to create the Pseudo state of Belgium.

[timetostand]

Maybe they need a Two state solution!!

[Altura Ct.]

Exactly. en Español

The very same thing is coming here soon. You can’t hardly walk into a major store or pick up a pamphlet without dueling languages. In certain parts of the country Spanish is already the predominate language.

[Iron Munro]

French or Dutch? Moot point!

They are all destined to end up speaking Farsi and various Arabian languages.

[Rummyfan]

The future of Belgium at risk - oh no! No more waffles or Leonidas chocolate! Sacre Blue! Verdammt!

[Pearls Before Swine]

By the way, does anybody know what “Para espanol, oprima numero dos” means?

Sometimes its even "numero uno."

[LurkLongley]

Belgium? Really? Belgium?

These Euroweenies can’t even keep Belgium from falling apart.

Sheesh! And our own weenies want us to be more like them. John Wayne...paging Mr John Wayne.

[ops33]

A separate language for Luxembourg, there is something I did not know. When I googled it I found out that Letzeburgish, a German dialect, was the most common language spoken in Luxembourg. I had thought it was French. Thanks.

[szweig]

This better never affect the output of beer!

[Joe 6-pack]

"The future of Belgium at risk - oh no! No more waffles or Leonidas chocolate! Sacre Blue! Verdammt!"

In all fairness, they do make some pretty great dogs...