tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368837576232253773.post3734496994862336089..comments2024-03-05T04:34:27.981-08:00Comments on The Exiled Belgian Royalist: Belgium and European UnionBelgieRoyalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06180963411526753224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368837576232253773.post-45377620807699060662010-08-28T12:46:37.177-07:002010-08-28T12:46:37.177-07:00I agree and that is why I link to the B.U.B. even ...I agree and that is why I link to the B.U.B. even though they are not exactly the sort of party you describe and that I would most like to see also. I have also heard the EU=Belgium argument and it makes no sense to me. I fail to understand how they think that way. The trend of the EU has been toward centralization while the trend in Belgium has been de-centralization. Total opposites!<br /><br />Of course it always infuriates me when people say Belgium is not a real country or a "proper nation" when Belgium has existed as a distinct unit for many, many centuries before 1830. They act as though the way things are is the way they have always been and it is not true! There were always differences of course but today Belgium, even the modern Kingdom of Belgium, has existed longer than most other governments in Europe and much of the rest of the world too.BelgieRoyalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180963411526753224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368837576232253773.post-79238121009335041642010-08-28T11:22:13.087-07:002010-08-28T11:22:13.087-07:00There needs to be a strong, conservative party tha...There needs to be a strong, conservative party that is pro-Belgian, and pro-national, without weird interests. Otherwise, people will continue to end up in the dilemma you mention.<br /><br />It annoys me when people try to equate Belgium and the EU, showing how the problems of the first foreshadow the problems of the second, and claiming things like "they are both artificial states." For all Belgium's divisions, the EU is much, much more diverse and less of a natural unit than Belgium.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.com