ChiTrib: Belgium, 7 Months W/O a Government, Frank Van Hecke wants to do a Corpse Dance
BRUSSELS—If future historians chronicle the eventual breakup of Belgium, they might have any number of choices for the tipping point.
Was it the chilly December night a few weeks ago when the audience in Antwerp booed the newly crowned Miss Belgium because she couldn’t speak Dutch?
Or was it a few days later when Princess Astrid, daughter of King Albert II, resigned as honorary president of the Belgian Red Cross to protest the endless bickering between the organization’s French-speaking faction from Wallonia and the Dutch-speakers from Flanders?