Or how the humorist François Pirette trapped the Flemish municipality of Dilbeek (video)
Quiévrain you know? No? Me either. After verification, it is a city of strong Walloon few thousand people located on the Franco-Belgian border that I have never ceased to regard as perfectly inept.
When some Belgian, the "belgolâtres, finally, in short, supporters (mostly French) of a supposed" homeland Belgian, created from scratch in 1830 to meet financial and strategic interests of London and some local French bourgeoisie, want to stand out from France, they evoke a country located "off-Quiévrain," just as one would say, for example, in Germany, with the difference that the Rhine on the map of Europe is something, whereas Quiévrain resembles a corn barely findable on a map of Belgium. We have the references that you can.
Speaking Rhine besides, I Having a good eye, I think the French border remain on its entire shoreline. Bonapartist? Why not! For me, June 18, 1815, in Waterloo, we knew a defeat, a disaster, more than ever, I proclaims "Long live the Emperor!
course, but all that you say, it's over, finished, forgotten, in the dustbin of history. First, dear Sir, have you seen the mess that we are in Europe, in the West, in the world? And aim a little state of France, eh, not Folichon, you agree? I agree, I agree ...! And you might want to try to flog us the extra Wallonia and Brussels this city who are known to be seriously impoverished areas and not in the least dynamic economic standpoint, sinkholes, barrels of Danaides, assisted the eternal, the eater of European aid, which barely paid, disappear like snow in the sun, engulfed in projects as megalomaniacal as useless, as your station of Liege, where, completely insane, you have an airport frame, not a station railroad, no! And where, I ask you? Somewhere on the Meuse, lost nowhere in the former Germania Inferior! Regardless, I grant you!
I also try not to slip you my junk, nay! A supporter of annexation to France of all municipalities in Belgium largely francophone, my faith, I have been. I'm even. At least theoretically. Well yes you still see France, in the state that is his, and even though it would be worth some effort, engage in adventure a review of border? No, and certainly not with Kouchner, much more concerned about Africa and the Caribbean. In addition, the state of disrepair of Brussels and Wallonia, with their average 20% unemployment, will quickly convince you that these are gifts poisoned well. Assistantship, yet the assistantship, I yelled to one ear, we do not want! Yes, okay, I understand ...!
But so what, sir, you're not Belgian you do not vibrate with the accents of the Belgian national anthem, you do not venerate the flag and point the Belgian monarchy? That's it, you've got it! I'm from Belgium that it yad'écrit on my ID, nothing more! Ha but what are you then? Gallic, ladies and gentlemen, perfectly! Community reference strain pure and absolutely no nationalist or regionalist! Gallic, that is to say Western language and culture French compatriot all Westerners language and French culture, whether in Quebec or Romandie, Brussels or Picardy, Paris or Wallonia! I must speak to you one day approach "communitarian" as understood "Quiévrain overseas, but this is not my purpose today, it would take us too far.
But say so, incorrigible uncivil, we at least tell you where you got this rejection so tough that no believe, obviously naively, be your national homeland? Ha there for you to understand me and that you understand the video delirious surrealism to follow, must still I will explain the maelstrom in which we live, "Quiévrain overseas." I'll try not to long not to get drunk with our fundamental nonsense, it will not be easy, as you know. "
Belgium is a federal state composed of three regions (Brussels Capital Region, Wallonia, Flanders) and three communities (French, Dutch, Communities). The French community (because yes, it is called so), unites the Francophone Wallonia and Brussels, the Flemish community gathers Dutch-speaking Flanders and Brussels; speaking community consists of 60 000 germanophones in eastern Wallonia, on the side of Eupen and Malmedy. Ok, you always follow?
At the heart of this geopolitical bent, there Brussels. You'll notice that the two main communities in Belgium are represented in this region that appears as the only French-Dutch bilingual region of the Belgian State. And that is where the Romans grapple. The region of Brussels also composed of 19 separate municipalities, were 85% francophone and 15% of Dutch (although immigration and the presence of many Eurocrats dramatically changed the demographics of the city, but is, I simplify, if you don ' anything more will understand).
The territory of the Brussels region is an enclave within the territory which is administratively Flanders. In other words, out of Brussels, you must necessarily pass through the Flemish territory. Where the hell is the problem, you say, it is still not in the West Berlin of the "Cold War"! No, certainly not altogether happily, but there is a bit of that anyway, because here's the problem.
Flanders believes that the Brussels area historically belongs to it and even its capital. By contrast, Brussels, who are among a minority of them Dutch, consider, or that Brussels is entitled to their autonomy, particularly as "capital of Europe" or that it belongs in fact to Francophonie and has nothing to do in Flanders. In response to annexationist Flemish and Brussels also claim the right to extend their city to surrounding towns, Flemish administration, but some of which are inhabited by many French, sometimes overwhelmingly (eg the town of Linkebeek) . For your information, know that the outskirts of Brussels has nothing in common with some French suburbs "sensitive" but are, rather, an oasis of prosperous bourgeoisie.
To Complicating this picture entangled, be aware that some common Flemish Francophone devices (six in all) were given the "linguistic facilities". They are however widely questioned by Flanders today who fear, above all, the extension of Brussels and the French-speaking populations on its territory. Also, to curb what it sees as a threat to its cultural survival, Flanders tent does prohibit the use of French within its territory, particularly in the communes of the Brussels periphery, resulting , one suspects, to situations as qu'ubuesques burlesque.
Some will say that I can not exaggerate, we can not have the crazy idea to install the "capital of Europe" (I emphasize the quotes because it is obviously that the capital of the 'Euromarket ", better known as surreal as" EU ") in such a beet field, all it seems quite fanciful. Much more than you think, believe me, supporting evidence.
Among the Flemish communes around Brussels the fiercest to stem the march of the French language, we find the common Dilbeek. However, a few days ago, comedian and impersonator Walloon Pirette François, trapped by telephone this county officials, posing as a diplomat for Africa, settled in Paris, a unilingual Francophone and anxious to find a colleague, a housing in the territory of the municipality of Dilbeek.
Here's the video. Judge for yourself delirium. Have fun!
Like what, the reality often surpasses fiction, and Michel Colucci, the son of an Italian emigrant named Honorio Colucci, this Coluche So, who popularized the "Belgian jokes" imitating accent badly Brussels (not Belgian) that he hardly knew, had perhaps not as much imagination and originality that has said.
To learn more about a subject, nothing like that to go back to its source: I have just demonstrated.
Eric Timmermans, Brussels
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