07-05-2003 22:58									#1
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Elections are on sunday 18 may

	07-05-2003 23:06									#2
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The last option is probably the correct one, but we still are a monachy

	07-05-2003 23:10									#3
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So who are these jokers, anyway?

	07-05-2003 23:14									#4
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I second DanS. I have no idea of who these people are

	07-05-2003 23:20									#5
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Michel - foreign minister (the one opposing the war the loudest.
Verhofstdt - current prime minister
Di rupo - prime minister of the south (not sure on that one)
De clerck - opposition leader (CD&V (catholic centrum party)

	07-05-2003 23:24									#6
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Did the opposition to war give Michel a big boost of popularity ?

	07-05-2003 23:28									#7
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Don't think so, he not well liked in the flemish region.
Politics in Belgium are weird though

	07-05-2003 23:29									#8
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After all, who cares of the PM ? Doesn't all the power belong to the regions now ?

	07-05-2003 23:35									#9
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I dont have a freakin clue who the current one is. Does anyone?

	07-05-2003 23:35									#10
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It's going to be Pierre Fnunffy. You can't prove I just made that name up.

	07-05-2003 23:36									#11
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Englebert Slaptidak.

-Arrian

	07-05-2003 23:42									#12
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I think you Belgians should all vote for that mayor guy from Samson en Gert, he seems like a good guy for the job

	08-05-2003 00:31									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Locutus I think you Belgians should all vote for that mayor guy from Samson en Gert, he seems like a good guy for the job

You mean like the Dutch voted for Harry Potter ?

	08-05-2003 00:33									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Stefu You can't prove I just made that name up.

Yes I can.
With the Belgian registry-office.

	08-05-2003 04:58									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Spiffor After all, who cares of the PM ? Doesn't all the power belong to the regions now ?

I think I can I speak for 10 million fellow countrymen if I tell you that we don't have a smegging clue
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Arrian, wrong forum

	08-05-2003 06:08									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Flandrien You mean like the Dutch voted for Harry Potter ?

Yeah, our country is in such deep sh*t now, we wouldn't survive without magic

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George Bush!

	08-05-2003 07:02									#18
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Wow, hehe, you guys have a short-term memory...

-Louis Michel is a liberal that is currently minister of foreign affairs, he's a Walloon but he speaks both French and Dutch perfectly (which is quite the oddity among the Walloons so it is a big plus for him ). He belongs to the MR (Mouvement Réformateur), the Walloon liberal party.

-Verhofstadt, current prime minister, Flemish, also a liberal of the VLD, which is the biggest party in Flanders at this moment... Even though he does not look like it, he is very perseverant and can be pretty dominant and usually he keeps on battling until things are done his way (a real machiavellist!)


The next two guys you won't know..


-Elio DiRupo, has been a minister in the past already, a socialist (of the PS) and a Walloon... He's basically the equivalent of Verhofstadt in Flanders as the PS is the largest party in Wallonia. Also he's gay if I recall correctly, and he dresses a bit like it imo


-Stefaan Declerck, leading the CD&V (catholic rightwing party that has ruled for decades and decades until last elections, when VLD took over) into utter and complete annihilation and oblivion, as he's a total sucker, just like his party on the whole


Spiffor, we have our **** split up between the 2 blocs, we have quite a number of governments (I don't even know how much.. I bet on about 6 different ones) but it doesn't mean we can't have a federal government that rules all

	08-05-2003 07:08									#19
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I'll help campaign for which ever politician will remove the evil Belgian beer export tax. Those greedy Belgians are just trying to keep all that wonderful beer for themselves!

	08-05-2003 07:09									#20
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Also, these elections are very important in terms of international relations and stances towards wars etc... so keep your ears open you Americans , if Stefaan deblerghk ever makes it to high priest you will have another ally in your quest of world domination


Hmm I don't know anything about a beer tax, what's up with that?

	08-05-2003 07:21									#21
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Nope Oerdin, it's import tax your paying.
All the good beer (Duvel etc...) is still being made local and then shipped overseas.

	08-05-2003 07:25									#22
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I remember reading a book on the world's best beers written by Englishman Michael Jackson (no relation to a certain child endangering, nose job geting, celeb) where he said Belgium was one of the few countries to have an export tax on beer and spirites. This struck me as daft since it would price belgian made goods off of the market but many people are willing to pay more to get the Cheme and other unique beers.

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In that case I'm gonna have to give you the same answer Trajanus gave you earlier;

quote: Hmm I don't know anything about a beer tax, what's up with that?

	09-05-2003 00:44									#24
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anyone but Louis Michel - I'd like to like belgium again.

	09-05-2003 01:39									#25
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Yeah, Louis Michel is against "the naive, subversive pacifists"

screw him, feckin fatass rich bastard

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quote: Originally posted by Trajanus Yeah, Louis Michel is against "the naive, subversive pacifists" screw him, feckin fatass rich bastard

'Louis Michel, the Belgian foreign minister, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said: "We don't think that weakening the Palestinian Authority or Chairman Arafat can help advance the peace process in any way." '


Daily Telegraph, 15 dec. 2001.

	09-05-2003 02:04									#27
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"Louis Michel, the Belgian Foreign Minister, said the EU might rethink trade ties with Israel. "

shortly after the Passover bombing in April 2002.

	09-05-2003 02:13									#28
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and naturally Belgium threatened to veto NATO defense for Turkey. Didnt give in till your Dutch neighbors decided to help Turkey on their own, apart from NATO.

	09-05-2003 02:33									#29
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I think we should give our fellow Apolytonners an idea how our most eminent politicians look like.


Guy Verhofstadt


Stefaan De Clerck


Louis Michel on the left, shaking the hands of some rogue Afghan rebel leader


Elio di Rupo

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Err... how again do I shrink a picture?? The one of Louis Michel needs some serious shrinking...

Edit: I changed it to some smaller picture.

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