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A cursed politician of a cursed people in a cursed country

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Bart De Wever, a cursed politician. Born in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, just a few kilometres from the Belgium/ Dutch border and this results in such a difference. When he would have been born in the Netherlands, with his political inside he may be its PM and the country may flourish while he may not grow such a dislike for what are considered left political parties, the socialist and green (although for me the green are today's liberals while liberals became neoliberals LINK ARTICLE ON BLOG). However, he's born in Belgium. And so are all other Flemish. And the curse even extends to all Belgians as we all need to continue opposing each other political while we can live together at personal levels.   History and today through my eyes Mr De Wever is considered by many as the devil in person because he defends the right that Flemish people are treated with respect, certainly in their own region Flanders where people speak the language Dutch (many call it "Flemish")...

(05c) (09a) Greece, other countries and their relation towards the EU

Everyone in Europe (and elsewhere) who reads and watches the news should know that Greece is in serious troubles, as are many other (European) countries. Europe (and the rest of the world) is demanding that Greece (and other countries) puts its finances in place, and rightly so as many countries in Europe are sacrificing a lot of their own financial reserves to save Greece. But, I think Europe should do it differently to prevent other countries going bankrupt. This can only be done when Europe reforms, and this is the problem: the country that is not doing much to help other countries also prevents these necessary reforms to happen by vetoing them (unless may be someone from that country is allowed to be the boss in Europe and then that person may demand these reforms so he/she will be able to implement tough actions in the EU). Current situation Many countries, including Germany, are trying to help Greece by deciding whether they lent money to Greece (and I hope they do this with ...

(05a) Europe shows its balls.

Finally, Europe has balls!! In the past, whenever Britain didn't get what it wanted within the EU, it threatened to veto the whole agreemeent, even when all other member states agreed with the changes. The veto was always used to push Europe in the direction of the interests of the UK. Rarely would the UK do something for the good of all of Europe. Of course, sometimes powers were allowed towards Europe but essential changes were always stopped. Prime Minister (PM) David Cameron knows changes are necessary in the EU because otherwise the Euro might collapse and quite often he says it. (European politicians can't devalue the Euro to make it cheaper against other countries and thus stimulate the export a little?) But then he uses his veto to block every change. I do agree the UK does not have to accept everything from Europe. But the UK should make it clear they want to work together with the other European countries and then countries will discuss more issues with the UK. B...

(03b) Three-Power system: Belgium (Part 1)

As I mentioned in my previous article about the Three-Power system, I think an economical One-Power system will emerge before another Three-Power system will rise again as it is much better (although a little slower). But I fear also in politics (and other parts of life) are we moving towards a One-Power system (sometimes this is necessary to restore order). I already mentioned that people might start voting for a strong (mostly conservative) leader. Of course a strong leader is needed, but he should always respect the other powers: Parliament and Justice. He should not ignore their powers, claiming they slow down and interfere with the decisions he wants to take. But the other powers also deserve to be respected (and here is a major problem). Here, I will discuss Belgium as an example (a good example to discuss Europe and the rest of the world as three different communities have to work together within a small country). As it is complicated I will discuss it in a number of publica...