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Title: El reconocimiento de la realidad nacional de Flandes'


1
JORNADAS SOBRE LA APLICACIÓN DEL PRINCIPIO
DEMOCRÁTICO. EL DERECHO A DECIDIR DE LOS
PUEBLOS PRINTZIPIO DEMOKRATIKOAREN APLIKAZIOARI
BURUZKO JARDUNALDIAK.HERRIEN ERABAKITZEKO
ESKUBIDEA
Conferencia / Hitzaldia
  • El reconocimiento de la realidad nacional de
    Flandes'

Flandeseko errealitate nazionalaren
errekonozimendua
Hizlaria / ponente GEERT LAMBERT.
SENADOR/SENATARIA VLAAMS PROGRESSIEVEN
2
België Quo Vadis?
3
The worst crises in years
  • On more than one level
  • Political total disorder without perspectives
  • Economical and budget-level
  • International economic situation
  • Internally in Belgium debts of 82 BBP (290
    miljard euro, ¼of the budget needed to pay
    debts)?
  • Political situation makes it impossible to make
    choices

4
What are the causes of this situation?
  • Country of 2 cultures and 2 'speeds'
  • Belgium knew 3 main differences
  • Reliogion Flanders catholic, Wallonia less
    religious
  • Cultural Dutch vs French
  • Economic Flanders more prosperous than Wallonia
    (19the C. Agriculture vs Industry - 20th C. Small
    and Medium Enterprises vs Old fashioned
    Industry)?
  • Those main differences weakened, but the
    interaction between the regions completely
    disappeared

5
Thus totally different political options
Though one country, the regions vote complettely
different and have other political aspirations
6
How to solve this problem
  • Since 1970 steps towards federalism
  • In the beginning only cultural autonomy (Wallonia
    and CVP-party thought this was enough),
    afterwards larger cultural domains (education),
    and economical sector (public traffic, public
    works) and even larger (foreign trade)?
  • Main problem double 3-level federalism

7
How to solve the problem?
  • In Flanders call for economic and social
    regionalisation
  • In Wallonia call for more 'belgium'. Why?
  • Money-transfer (Wallonia is not selfsufficient)?
  • Culture francofonie
  • More attention towards the world and fear that
    smaller regions will not be able to play any role
    at all

8
  • Flemish movement has been chosing the
    step-by-step approach. Was this the good choice?

9
Ass difficult as it can be there is the
knowledge that a constitutional reform will be
necessary
  • But, once again, some problems
  • Real ones
  • Political

10
Real problems
  • Quid Brussels situation of Brussels is crucial
    in constitutional reform
  • Brussel Vlaams?
  • Corridor en axe Wallo-Brux?
  • Brussels District of Europe?
  • A symbol and real problem electoral district of
    Brussel Halle Vilvoorde (situated in 2
    regions, mainly Flanders, but Frenchspeaking
    parties get very large number of voters)?
  • On the other hand people realise that
    regionalisation is faisable
  • Example trains and public trafic
  • Also European legislations forces to cut down in
    state companies (post - telephone)?

11
Political problems
  • Elections in 2009 solutions and compromises can
    be difficult
  • Electoral district BHV
  • Electoral position of CDV and her former partner
    N-VA
  • A though elections on the same date? No!
  • Personal disputes
  • Di Rupo (SOC) vs Reynders (LIB) in Wallonia,
    Leterme (PM Belgium) vs Peeters (PM Flanders) in
    Flanders

12
Result
  • No progress whatsoever
  • Octopus I
  • Electoral district BHV
  • Even enormous delays

13
No progress at all!
  • Migration
  • Pensionproblem with more elderly people
  • Climate change war of the trees
  • Budget no possibility to make choices
  • During last 15 months, nothing got voted in
    Federal parliament

14
Result
  • Fear for identical situation as in late 70ties
    beginning 80ties no solutions for internal
    constitutional problems and very large growth of
    public debt
  • Danger for neo-belgians
  • Exemaple of Cultural scene
  • Exemaple of 'real problems', but these are also
    linked with constitutional problems
  • Mobility around Antwerp ans Brussels
  • Cost of social security
  • Even problems within policeforces

15
Once again how to resolve these problems?
  • Belgium should be disappearing between Europe and
    his regions
  • Our constitutions already has an option of
    confederalism two separate states working
    together
  • Timing? Unknown

16
To consider
  • What will we do with Brussels
  • Which Flanders do we want
  • Politics needs no fear
  • European integration could help us a lot
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