Verhofstadt in World Cup jibe after Farage says Belgium is 'not a nation' Nigel Farage says Belgium is "not a nation" and draws a quick response from the country's former PM. Fill 2 Copy 11 Created with Sketch. Thursday 3 May , UK. Why you can trust Sky News. More on Brexit. Related Topics: Brexit Nigel Farage. They argue that there is no Belgian nation but only separate groups of French speakers and Dutch speakers living in an artificial kingdom who do not have the same patriotic objections that the British would have to seeing their country absorbed in an EU superstate.
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Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Michel also referred to the large number of British citizens in Belgium who, in wake of Brexit, are applying for Belgian nationality.
All the major conflicts in European history have been fought on this land. It is not chocolate, beer or Tintin that is typically Belgian but our love for Europe and the EU project, a project that is under threat today because of what is going on with national political leaders who display themselves as pro Europeans to outside world but do nothing to move the project forward.
In fact, they are doing the opposite. Michel Barnier the EU chief negotiator is doing a good job with the Brexit talks but it has to be clear that if you want to leave the EU club that involves certain consequences. Share this page. EU-Turkey relations: a vicious cycle of regional conflict and forced migration. Taking EU-Moroccan relations to the next level. Why the European Union is failing to build peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
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