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Setting the record straight on Belgium

Published: 07 December, 2011, 16:52

­528 days after the election of June 13, 2010 (!) Belgium finally has a new government, a disreputable record. What was that all about? For just this one blog, I’d like to go “local”. For me, Brussels is not “the European Union”, it’s my hometown and Belgium, for better or worse, is my country. This 6 December, 2011, Belgium finally has a new national government, a year and a half after the last...

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otherside, December 09, 2011, 15:46 quote
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Congratulations, Belgium surpassed war-torn and impoverished Iraq in time until a government was formed. The country became well known for the dioxin scandal back in 1999.

On the other hand, Belgium is second to none in redistribution of wealth, followed by Austria and Finland. Maybe one of the reasons why there is no extreme civil unrest like in several other European countries.
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