I am/was* from the other side (well in fact I'm from the border between the French speaking and the German speaking parts), but I also think going back to a simple unique government/parliament/... I've seen a few days ago a proposal from the NVA to reduce the number of politicians in order to cut spending. Simple solution: change the federal/region/community to a simple unique government/administration. But I don't think it was the idea that they had
But the belgian organization has one big advantage. It's a fun story to try to describe it to foreigners.
*I've been living outside of Belgium for the last 10 years, but I don't completely rule out the hypothesis to go back. And I'm still Belgian on my passport. I think my opinion should probably not count as much as people living there.
The reactor are not really close to Germany. Well, they are close in absolute distance, but if you look at Belgium scale, not that close. And if wind push radioactive material to Germany, it will pass over Liège (Lüttich/Luik) If they had to chose a place with the less impact in Belgium with dominant winds coming from SW, still on the Meuse, they should have gone on the other side of Liège, like somewhere in Herstal or Visé, close to the Holland border. (they probably had good reasons not to go there, I don't know)
It's difficult to build anything far away from a border in Belgium. But when I look at the map of nuclear reactor in Germany, it's quite similar (at least according to this map https://upload.wikimedia.org/w... ), a lot close to the borders, less in the middle. France also has a similar pattern. (special prize for the Chooz plant)
However, Belgium has a super fragmented police force. As shown recently in the aftermath of the Paris attacks, it became clear that they do not understand the structures in their own country. They had less insight than any other country. And it was almost impossible to communicate efficiently with Belgium police forces, as there is no well defined interface.
I was only a teenager at that time, but isn't this almost the same conclusion that after the Dutroux case? Wasn't the police/gendarmerie merging supposed to resolve that? Looks like it fails...
HELP!!!! I'm being held prisoner in /usr/games/lib!