How can Belgium get out of its crisis?

For Peter Vandermeersch, "the most important conclusion to be drawn from this war of nerves is that there can be no federal reform without an in-depth reform of the State. It should be clear to everyone that nothing can be achieved without a large-scale agreement on the new balances in this country. If this country wants to guarantee the well-being of its citizens -in the Flanders region, the Walloon region, and in Brussels-, it is necessary to engage at once in forming an emergency social-economic government, as well as a vast agreement on reforming Belgium. ... The Flemish representatives at the drawing board will have to clearly show that the survival of Belgium is not open to discussion. And the French-speakers will have to clearly show that an empty 'no' is not an option for finding any new balance."

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