In 1912, Jules Destree, a Francophone Socialist, wrote King Albert I a letter saying his nation - which gained independence from the Netherlands in 1830 - was an artificial nation with no regard for reality on the ground.Flemings and Walloons are complete opposites, Destree argued.
''What excites one, leaves the other stone-cold ... The Walloon belongs to the Latin civilization, the Fleming to the Germanic culture. We have in Belgium Walloons and Flemings. There are no Belgians, sire.''
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