The Flemish Community is one of the three institutional communities of Belgium, established by the Belgian constitution and having legal responsibilities only within the precise geographical boundarie
Bilingual sign in Brussels
The partition of Belgium is a hypothetical situation, which has been discussed by both Belgian and international media, envisioning a split of Belgium along linguistic divisions, with the Flemish Comm
Bilingual road sign in Linkebeek, a Belgian municipality with language facilities bordering Brussels. The French words have been painted over, leaving the Dutch words only
Yves Leterme (CD&V) won the 2007 federal election after an alliance with the separatist party N-VA.
Bart De Wever (N-VA), the Flemish winner of 2010 Belgian federal elections, is separatist.
Elio Di Rupo (PS), the Walloon winner of 2010 Belgian federal elections, though opposed to a separation, proposed a Plan B to organize the partition of Belgium in case Plan A, the negotiations for forming a federal government, were to fail.