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  • Tensions have been high between French-speaking Wallonian parties, where the socialists won the elections, and Dutch-speaking Flemish ones, where the Flemish, conservative N-VA party—which would ultimately want to make Flanders independent—got most of the votes.

    Accord Puts Belgium Closer to New Coalition Alessandro Torello 2011

  • It is also still not clear if the Wallonian and the Flemish green parties will participate.

    Accord Puts Belgium Closer to New Coalition Alessandro Torello 2011

  • Thus, however much the "bigwigs" talk, the Flemish community - which accounts for 60 percent of Belgium's 10.5 million people – is not giving ground and the French-speaking Wallonian are not prepared to accept total Flemish dominance in order to save the federal government.

    A hundred days and counting… Richard 2007

  • Thus, however much the "bigwigs" talk, the Flemish community - which accounts for 60 percent of Belgium's 10.5 million people – is not giving ground and the French-speaking Wallonian are not prepared to accept total Flemish dominance in order to save the federal government.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Richard 2007

  • The provincial Wallonian government in Belgium, where Arcelor employs 12,500 workers, is a shareholder.

    Mittal May Bend On Arcelor, But He Won't BreakMittal Sees Beyond Arcelor 2006

  • The twinning agreement is expected to be signed in December by provincial premier Lionel Mtshali and his Wallonian counterpart,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • This visit will be the first by a senior Wallonian politician to

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • There is a clear move by the Walloons to gobble up the Flemish suburbs around Brussels into Wallonia, to own Brussels with a defined corridor to Wallonian territory - This issue is in large part about territory, which no people in their right mind would hand over without a fight.

    The Guardian World News Ian Traynor 2011

  • Q And would he be Flemmish, Wallonian or from Brussels?

    Warren Ellis Warren Ellis 2010

  • I wonder if the Belgian Flemings include these transfer payments in their calculation of the Wallonian burden?

    The Guardian World News 2010

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