New family allowances, to be introduced by the Flemish government for Flemish children only, will undermine the foundations of the Belgian federal state, Walloon politicians across party lines warned ...

The Flemish and Walloon regions of Belgium have reached a series of agreements on conflicts that existed over radio frequencies in the country. The two provinces had been at odds for years but the ...

Behind most of Belgium’s recent political troubles has been the rising strength of the Flemish-speaking people. From 1831, when Belgium gained her independence from The Netherlands, until 1914.

Political tensions in Belgium continue to mount as the country nears six months since the general election without a new government. Regional parties are seeking to use the crisis as leverage for ...

THE moment the Belgian Parliament opened last November, the dangerous and complicated language question provoked a new ministerial overturn; and a crisis has been latent ever since. The November ...

HALLE, Belgium — Leafy Victor Mertens Street hardly looks like a front line, yet it’s on these byways that Belgians are fighting a language battle. The rivalries that used to erupt in riots in city ...

Belgium’s gaffe-happy former Prime Minister Yves Leterme once famously said that the only things all Belgians have in common are “the King, the football team, some beers.” Say what you will about the ...

IT CAN sometimes seem as if the politics of Belgium have been organised as an ironic commentary on the affairs of the European Union. The EU is committed to the idea of an “ever-closer union” among ...

In the downtown Brussels office of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), Bart De Wever, the party’s leader and quite possibly Belgium’s most powerful politician, has spent the past hour trying to explain ...

Philippe Gilbert (BMC) has moved to clarify comments he made regarding the flying of the Flemish flag by Belgian supporters at the world championships. The distinctive “Lion of Flanders” flag is a ...