Sunday, February 20, 2011

Belgium protesters are not anti-government; they just want one

Reporting from Brussels — If a government falls and practically nobody hears it, does it make a sound? Unable — or unwilling — to work together, bickering politicians have left unassuming Belgium without a fully functioning government for eight months, the longest for any nation in Europe since World War II. Through most of that time, few Belgians, let alone the outside world, even seemed to notice. Trains continue to run, waffles are still being grilled on street corners, and people window-shop along centuries-old arcades. Tourists still sample mussels, go for overpriced canal rides in Bruges and snap up Tintin...

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