Belgium

Rihoux, Benoît; Dumont, Patrick; Winter, Lieven De; Deruette, Serge; Bol, Damien

doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.2009.01852.x

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“…The first few months of the year were marked by a continued lack of substantive progress in the institutional negotiations between the Flemish and French‐speaking parties – a continuation of the situation that has prevailed ever since 2007 (see Rihoux et al. 2008, 2009, 2010).…”

Section: Election and Cabinet Reportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Belgium

Rihoux

Dumont

Winter

et al. 2011

European J Political Res

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Section: Election and Cabinet Reportmentioning

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Belgium

Rihoux

Dumont

Winter

et al. 2011

European J Political Res

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“…With respect to their attitudes about the Belgian state, one would be inclined to expect another pattern of results, especially for citizen living in the Flemish community. Indeed, Flemish regionalists tend to have negative attitudes towards the Belgian state and they even have repeatedly stated that the disintegration of Belgium is their final goal (see, Rihoux, Dumont, De Winter, Deruette, & Bol, 2009 ). All of this is of great concern for most French-speaking politicians and citizens, as a Flemish regionalist party currently is the largest Belgian party in terms of electoral support, and it is even a leading party in the current national government.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Insiders’ Outside Perspective on the Flemish-Walloon Conflict: The Role of Identification and Disidentification for the German-Speaking Minority

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Hiel

2017

Psychologica Belgica

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In this study we analyzed the opinions of citizens of the German-speaking minority in Belgium on the linguistic conflict between the Walloons and the Flemish, as well as their attitudes towards these linguistic communities. We were especially interested in the effects of identification with the local community and disidentification with Belgium. We distributed a survey questionnaire in Eupen, the capital of the German-speaking community, and received replies from 129 inhabitants. Results showed that identification with the German-speaking community was associated with positive attitudes towards the German-speaking community and with demands for more autonomy of the community within the federal Belgian state. Disidentification with Belgium was not positively correlated with these constructive and positive outcomes, but with negative perceptions of all three Belgian communities, the perception of strong conflicts among these communities, and demands for the separation of the Belgian federal state into independent regions. The results are in line with previous research on these processes and point to unique, positive aspects of a strong local identity.

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“…The Di Rupo I cabinet, the first federal cabinet led by a French speaker since 1979, had been formed in December 2011 after the world's longest cabinet formation period: 541 days (Rihoux et al. ). The coalition was a classical symmetrical Socialist/Christian Democrat/Liberal one, which exceeded by 12 per cent the required majority in parliament.…”

Section: Cabinet Reportmentioning

confidence: 99%