Sunday, June 13, 2010

Belgians vote after debate on splitting country



By PHILIP BLENKINSOP, Reuters BRUSSELS - Belgians voted in a parliamentary election on Sunday for a government that could move towards breaking up the country and that will need to curb the third-highest debt ratio in Europe. The Flemish separatist N-VA (New Flemish Alliance), which advocates the gradual dissolution of Belgium, is forecast to be the largest party in Dutch-speaking Flanders and possibly the country. "The ballot box question is not whether but by how much the N-VA will win," said Dutch-language newspaper De...

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