[weO1bVp1]

Belgium? Never heard of it.

[prmwsinfo]

Killed it!

And I've just been offered the position of Belgian consul.

I guess you can't win them all..

[tarmpriopay]

Its full of Belgians, squatters mostly. I'd have that dealt with before the closing.

[dmitrynts]

Didn't the Germans show an interest a couple times in the past? You would think after all the fuss they would make an offer.

[OEMCHEAPSOFTDOWNLOAD]

Originally posted by Japher
Belgium? Never heard of it. It's a whole nother country.

[truportodfa]

Originally posted by Will
There are countries other than America? Let's see there's Vietnam, Germany, Japan, Korea and Iraq cause we had to go there and fight wars.

Oh and there's England and France cause we had to save their ass a few times.

Then there's some place called China, we know that because everything says made in China.

Oh, don't forget Russia. Some people tell me to go back there even though I've never been. I think all teh evil commies live there.

And Belgium is supposidly for sale.

That's all I know.

[HBPujWBe]

Oh come on, people just having a bit of fun. Euros knock the US all the time but they can't take it themselves. Relax, enjoy, all this is meaningless.

[estuapped]

Question though. As part of the EU does it matter if Belgium falls to pieces? The pieces still belong to the same hole.

Like North and South Carolina, not the same state, but it doesn't really matter.

[sFs4aOok]

I'd say it does matter a lot for Belgium and Brussels as a city.
For the EU... imagine Flanders, Wallonia, Catalunya, the Basques etc etc separating and joining the EU. It'll be a tough one to manage that I believe. It's pretty hard as it is already with the new eastern European members

[omaculer]

Between you and Locotus I've taken some heat over this Belgium stuff.

Belgium threads are toxic it seems.

[VitaliyMurnov]

*blink blink*

[Rugda]

Originally posted by Traianvs
I'd say it does matter a lot for Belgium and Brussels as a city.
For the EU... imagine Flanders, Wallonia, Catalunya, the Basques etc etc separating and joining the EU. It'll be a tough one to manage that I believe. It's pretty hard as it is already with the new eastern European members It might make it easier in some ways, though. It'd be easier to pressure smaller states into going along with EU decisions than it would be to pressure larger states.

For example, I'd imagine that Germany, less powerful in the E.U. if it were shorn of Bavaria. It would lose votes, population, etc. However, Germany would be even more influential in the EU today if Austria were still part of Germany, as it would have a larger population, a larger share of the votes, added economic clout, etc.

[viagracheapest]

IIRC The Economist suggested that Belgium break up a little over a month ago. I was thinking about starting a thread on the subject for more info from Belgian polytubbies, but then I forgot about it.

[Teeppoodiug]

Originally posted by Wycoff

Germany would be even more influential in the EU today if Austria were still part of Germany When was Austria part of Germany