* Ended game of simultaneous particrat chess on 5 boards (federal, Flanders, Brussels, Wallonia, French Community). The new, smaller regions each on their own are much less important as a political “prize” (also in terms of media attention/prestige) and will hopefully be able to form regional governments without everyone and their grandmother involving themselves.
* Smaller regions increase the size difference between a region and the country as a whole, encouraging a clearer and more sane division of responsibilities between the federal government and the regions and thus more effective decision-making.
* Removed provinces, they are redundant with the new smaller regions.
* Removed language communities (needless spaghetti)
* Removed double mandates: no more “baron” politicians who are both MP and mayor (and probably half-assing at least one of those two jobs).
* Created 1 federal constituency, opening up more opportunities for new/small parties to challenge the established forces and encouraging campaigning across the whole country.
go_go_tindero on
niet verkeerd, needs more provincieraden
Petrus_Rock on
Bruges is the OG capital of Flanders. Fix it.
alt1651 on
ew because no Dutch in Brussels and language facilities on border towns.
big Brabant is cool though.
JonPX on
Misschien een geavanceerde ruil voorstellen, wij geven regio Eupen aan Duitsland, zij iets aan Nederland en wij nemen regio Maastricht.
feyss on
WTF would we do in Hainaut?
Old_Palpitation7025 on
Brussel volledig Frans is wel beetje sad. Waar moeten mijn kinderen naar school? Europese school of brak Franstalig onderwijs
DieuMivas on
Belgium would unironically work better if there wasn’t basically just two regions fighting each other perpetually, with the politically irrelevant Brussels in the middle.
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Patch notes:
* Ended game of simultaneous particrat chess on 5 boards (federal, Flanders, Brussels, Wallonia, French Community). The new, smaller regions each on their own are much less important as a political “prize” (also in terms of media attention/prestige) and will hopefully be able to form regional governments without everyone and their grandmother involving themselves.
* Smaller regions increase the size difference between a region and the country as a whole, encouraging a clearer and more sane division of responsibilities between the federal government and the regions and thus more effective decision-making.
* Removed provinces, they are redundant with the new smaller regions.
* Removed language communities (needless spaghetti)
* Removed double mandates: no more “baron” politicians who are both MP and mayor (and probably half-assing at least one of those two jobs).
* Created 1 federal constituency, opening up more opportunities for new/small parties to challenge the established forces and encouraging campaigning across the whole country.
niet verkeerd, needs more provincieraden
Bruges is the OG capital of Flanders. Fix it.
ew because no Dutch in Brussels and language facilities on border towns.
big Brabant is cool though.
Misschien een geavanceerde ruil voorstellen, wij geven regio Eupen aan Duitsland, zij iets aan Nederland en wij nemen regio Maastricht.
WTF would we do in Hainaut?
Brussel volledig Frans is wel beetje sad. Waar moeten mijn kinderen naar school? Europese school of brak Franstalig onderwijs
Belgium would unironically work better if there wasn’t basically just two regions fighting each other perpetually, with the politically irrelevant Brussels in the middle.