Something Strange in the Neighbourhood

Belgium is going through a rough time. The two major linguistic groups that comprise Belgium, the flemish and the french, have had enough of each other. In fact apparently when you travel through Northern Belgium you are forbidden from speaking french. On June 10th of 2007 an election was held in Belgium and since that time Belgium has been without a government as none of the parties can come to an agreement to organize. The Flemish seperatists see this as a sign that the end of Belgium is nigh. Others see it as a need for serious federal reform. As always in cases like this there is an economic disparity between Flanders and Wallonia. I don't really understand exactly what is going on but it sounds dramatic. I shall see for myself next week.