>Fewer and fewer Walloons come to work in Flanders: in 2011, there were still 52,549; in 2020, almost ten thousand fewer. Meanwhile, more than 68,000 Walloons work abroad, whereas there were only 52,604 in 2011. Of the working Walloons, only 3 percent did so in Flanders in 2020, while that was still 3.9 percent in 2011.
So, in 2011 the amount of Walloons working in Flanders and those working abroad were roughly equal. In 2020, the amount of Walloons working in Flanders fell by more than 10,000 (to 41,581), whereas those working abroad rose by more than 15,000 (to 68,269).
Any idea what the amount of flemish people working in Wallonia would be?
In one word : Luxembourg.
How much of abroad is french speaking?
I also wouldn’t want to work in a region where >40% votes for parties that consider my region lazy, good for nothing, money wasting extreme leftists.
Should probably be rephrased to ‘Belgians prefer working abroad to remaining in Belgium’. Belgium has a highly educated work force since we are predominantly a tertiary sector country and this brain drain has been going on for over two decades at this point. It is easy to arbitrarily slap the terms ‘Walloons’ and ‘Flanders’ on this, but this is a nation-wide issue. From a [2018 De Standaard article](https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20181211_04027069):
>Volgens Julie Ray komt dat omdat in België een op de vier hoogopgeleiden aangeeft te willen vertrekken, terwijl slechts 15 procent van de hoogopgeleiden wereldwijd naar ons land zou willen komen. Op dat vlak scoren wij veel slechter dan onze buurlanden, waar minder hoogopgeleiden hun land willen verlaten. Bovendien zouden wij vooral laaggeschoolden aantrekken.
I prefer working in the Netherlands to working in Wallonia because I don’t speak French.
Disappointed. I came here with popcorn for the “in Flanders they actually have to work” comment discussion.
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From the article:
>Fewer and fewer Walloons come to work in Flanders: in 2011, there were still 52,549; in 2020, almost ten thousand fewer. Meanwhile, more than 68,000 Walloons work abroad, whereas there were only 52,604 in 2011. Of the working Walloons, only 3 percent did so in Flanders in 2020, while that was still 3.9 percent in 2011.
So, in 2011 the amount of Walloons working in Flanders and those working abroad were roughly equal. In 2020, the amount of Walloons working in Flanders fell by more than 10,000 (to 41,581), whereas those working abroad rose by more than 15,000 (to 68,269).
Any idea what the amount of flemish people working in Wallonia would be?
In one word : Luxembourg.
How much of abroad is french speaking?
I also wouldn’t want to work in a region where >40% votes for parties that consider my region lazy, good for nothing, money wasting extreme leftists.
Should probably be rephrased to ‘Belgians prefer working abroad to remaining in Belgium’. Belgium has a highly educated work force since we are predominantly a tertiary sector country and this brain drain has been going on for over two decades at this point. It is easy to arbitrarily slap the terms ‘Walloons’ and ‘Flanders’ on this, but this is a nation-wide issue. From a [2018 De Standaard article](https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20181211_04027069):
>Volgens Julie Ray komt dat omdat in België een op de vier hoogopgeleiden aangeeft te willen vertrekken, terwijl slechts 15 procent van de hoogopgeleiden wereldwijd naar ons land zou willen komen. Op dat vlak scoren wij veel slechter dan onze buurlanden, waar minder hoogopgeleiden hun land willen verlaten. Bovendien zouden wij vooral laaggeschoolden aantrekken.
I prefer working in the Netherlands to working in Wallonia because I don’t speak French.
Disappointed. I came here with popcorn for the “in Flanders they actually have to work” comment discussion.
borders are so 2021
At least they seem to be working.
Wow, zijn er werkende Walen dan?