Wallonia

Dr. Wilfried Swenden, a professor at Edinborough University in his research paper called “Belgian Federalism: Basic Institutional Features and Potential as a Model for the European Union“, argues that there are positive as well as negative aspects as Belgium as a federal state. The good things about it is that it managed to lower the amount of tension between the different language speaking groups. He supports it by stating that the amount of demonstrations has gone down since federalization of the

one language growing up due to the close proximity to other ‘countries’ who’s official language may be different. There are five distinct regions in Western Europe where the French language is the population’s native language: the French Republic, Wallonia, the Principality of Monaco, the Swiss Federation, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The French Republic is characterized as a unitary state and a semi-presidential system enabled by the French Fifth Republic. The French Fifth Republic was established

development along separate boundaries. Although the Walloons and the Flemish are similar in mannerism and athletics, they are different in custom dialects.   The country of Belgium consists of two major regions. To the southern provinces known as Wallonia, are the French-speaking inhabitants, the Walloons. The Flemings (Flemish), reside in the northern part of Belgium, citizens identify as Flanders. The Flemish communicate in the Flemish language, which is largely influenced from the Dutch language

constitutional reform and three autonomies were formed: Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels. Each region had its own government and parliament with a federal government to keep the country united. During this time an economic shift occurred. Wallonia mining and steel industry started to lose its revenue with the increase of modernization while Flanders ' industry increased its revenue. Poverty and unemployment increased in Wallonia. Many rely on social security that 's provided by the federal state

Response paper: Origin of Languages: Prompt 2 Languages that are spoken and studied today have been transformed, molded and evolved into their current state. Many different factors have influenced the changes and explain the evolution each language has made. The Hebrew Bible illustrates the tale of Babylon. This tale provides a simple explanation that accounts for the difference seen among languages. Demographics and geography attribute to the evolution languages have made as well. Each approach

are the most popular team football in belgium. In the team there was always a lot of quality, a very talented group from a young age (Adams). Belgium is a federal state divided into three regions: Dutch-speaking Flanders in the north, francophone Wallonia in the south and Brussels, the bilingual capital, where French and Dutch share official status. There is also a small German-speaking minority in the eastern part of the country. Belgium’s varied landscape includes: 67 kilometres of sea coast and

LOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENT Belgium is a country situated in northwest Europe, and covers an areas approximately the same as state of Maryland. It is bordered by Netherlands to its North, Luxembourg, and Germany to the east, France to the south, France to the south and southwest and to the northwest, it is bordered by the North Sea. It was colonized by Netherlands and that is why Dutch is widely spoken in the country. It has a total boundary length of about 1385 kilometers. The capital city of

The European Union has grown from its humble beginnings of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) into a complex system of governance within Europe and it has become a key figure internationally. The issue is whether the European Union (EU) has in this time grown into a supranational form of governance with the establishment of treaties, or have the nation states stayed in control. I am going to argue that the EU’s supranational qualities are the allocation of shared common interests among

of France and south of the Netherlands. It covers an area of 11,780 sq. miles. There are two major rivers in Belgium, the Schelde and Meuse, both start in France and flow north towards Netherlands. The land in the southern Belgium, which is called Wallonia, is hillier than the northern part of Belgium, a region called Flanders. Brussels is the capital city in Belgium, located in the center of the country, and it has more than a million residents. “ Belgium is one of the most urbanized and densely inhabited

The Battle of the Bulge was a war in World War 2 that took place in the forest of Wallonia, Belgium and Oesling, Luxembourg. The war took place on December 16th, 1944 and ended January 25th, 1945. The attack was an offensive campaign by the Germans that caught the Allies off guard. The Germans barely used radio traffic and moved equipment and troops in the dark. The Germans brought 406,342 men, 1,214 tanks, tank destroyers, assault guns, and 4,224 artillery pieces while the allies only had 288,741