* 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.
You removed the language communities but kept the language divisions?
Also, why Charleroi and not Namur?
wow, sounds logical, not gonna do it though….
OP went to the Sykes-Picot International School for Drawing Borders.
I think the federal constituency by itself will solve a lot of problems and make elections a lot more democratic. Politicians will be forced to campaign in the other language area and if they want to be elected they can’t get away with speaking only one language while relying on their popularity in the home region.
This also means that good politicians will be more easily rewarded and bad politicians will be more easily voted out. Politics will also be more directed at the general benefit of the whole country, instead of regional discourse against the federal state.
I believe that politicians who aren’t fluently bilingual (or trilingual) simply don’t belong in the federal parliament. I don’t undersgand why VRT lets people like Bouchez do all his interviews in French. I mean, come on man, this should be a basic requirement for entering federal politics. Even worse is Mathieu Michel, who doesn’t even speak a word of Dutch. Aren’t these people ashamed of themselves?
Goed idee. Maar minder baantjes voor politici. Dus kansloos.
Removal of language communities is just fantastical, devoid of any reality. Forcing all dutch speakers in Brussels to speak French and go to French schools in Brussels is just 19th century chauvinism
Limburg being <1 million people seems like an issue
DO NOT MAKE CHARLEROI THE CAPITAL OF HAINAUT, I BEG YOU
Federal constituency? That will never happen. All proposals so far dodged the one person one vote principle with fixing the seat distribution so voting doesn’t really matter.
Translated to your proposal, they would insist B, Hainaut and Meuse-Ardennes get a fixed number of seats even if all people there voted for a party not from there.
Kempen bij Brabant maar Antwerpen en Waals Brabant niet. Loopt schijten jong!
Happy to see Flanders is clearly marked for once. Folks from Antwerp can see clearly they’re not, in fact, “vlaanderen”
Merge Vlaanderen , Brabant en Limburg en noem het Parking 😉
This would be great
Posh people of Rixensart discovering that their region’s capital city is Charleroi: 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Literally unplayable i dont like the color scheme.
Thank you for giving Liège the Ardennes. Although Voeren/Fouron wants a word. Of you don’t make that part of Belgium bilingual, it’s known to end in war
Let me guess, you’re from Antwerp right ?
Brabant wallon should be in Brabant not in Hainaut. How are we being ruled by Charleroi???
Just make the whole place bilingual
Sell back Oostkantons and fill the hole in de begroting, or buy Zeeuws-Vlaanderen with it.
This is crap
Antwerpen is the city. Rest is the parking.
It solves one of my questions:
Why is the East Flanders on the western side of Flanders?
Look at Switzerland and do the same. No more regions, no more communities and organize fiscally independent provinces.
![Guys, I patched Belgium, should run more smoothly now [OC]](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/wphog9rf1ejf1-1920x1024.png)
34 comments
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.
You removed the language communities but kept the language divisions?
Also, why Charleroi and not Namur?
wow, sounds logical, not gonna do it though….
OP went to the Sykes-Picot International School for Drawing Borders.
T’is de Limburg.
nod nod
https://preview.redd.it/8y1uxw8j8ejf1.jpeg?width=3345&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8c05d14f16d39c259dd21fcc8f92e1a0c7698da
I think the federal constituency by itself will solve a lot of problems and make elections a lot more democratic. Politicians will be forced to campaign in the other language area and if they want to be elected they can’t get away with speaking only one language while relying on their popularity in the home region.
This also means that good politicians will be more easily rewarded and bad politicians will be more easily voted out. Politics will also be more directed at the general benefit of the whole country, instead of regional discourse against the federal state.
I believe that politicians who aren’t fluently bilingual (or trilingual) simply don’t belong in the federal parliament. I don’t undersgand why VRT lets people like Bouchez do all his interviews in French. I mean, come on man, this should be a basic requirement for entering federal politics. Even worse is Mathieu Michel, who doesn’t even speak a word of Dutch. Aren’t these people ashamed of themselves?
Goed idee. Maar minder baantjes voor politici. Dus kansloos.
Removal of language communities is just fantastical, devoid of any reality. Forcing all dutch speakers in Brussels to speak French and go to French schools in Brussels is just 19th century chauvinism
Limburg being <1 million people seems like an issue
DO NOT MAKE CHARLEROI THE CAPITAL OF HAINAUT, I BEG YOU
Federal constituency? That will never happen. All proposals so far dodged the one person one vote principle with fixing the seat distribution so voting doesn’t really matter.
Translated to your proposal, they would insist B, Hainaut and Meuse-Ardennes get a fixed number of seats even if all people there voted for a party not from there.
Kempen bij Brabant maar Antwerpen en Waals Brabant niet. Loopt schijten jong!
Happy to see Flanders is clearly marked for once. Folks from Antwerp can see clearly they’re not, in fact, “vlaanderen”
Merge Vlaanderen , Brabant en Limburg en noem het Parking 😉
This would be great
Posh people of Rixensart discovering that their region’s capital city is Charleroi: 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Literally unplayable i dont like the color scheme.
Thank you for giving Liège the Ardennes. Although Voeren/Fouron wants a word. Of you don’t make that part of Belgium bilingual, it’s known to end in war
Let me guess, you’re from Antwerp right ?
Brabant wallon should be in Brabant not in Hainaut. How are we being ruled by Charleroi???
Just make the whole place bilingual
Sell back Oostkantons and fill the hole in de begroting, or buy Zeeuws-Vlaanderen with it.
This is crap
Antwerpen is the city. Rest is the parking.
It solves one of my questions:
Why is the East Flanders on the western side of Flanders?
Look at Switzerland and do the same. No more regions, no more communities and organize fiscally independent provinces.
Is dit de ondergang van groen?
Comments are closed.