A union between Flanders and the Netherlands?

Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders (Party for Freedom) favours the unification of Flanders and the Netherlands. But Wilders and his party colleague Martin Bosma are guilty of a "grave mistake in historical analysis,” comments the daily paper De Morgen: Their error is "the constant equation between Flanders and the southern Netherlands. On the one hand, that denies the fact that the French-speaking region shares this 'common history' that Wilders and Bosma are hyping. ... This means there could never be any talk of a 'reunification' between Flanders and the Netherlands. If they really feel the urge to undo historical errors, then Wilders and Bosma should add Wallonia to the equation. ... And last but not least, their language is dripping with racism: I'm no expert, but perhaps Wilders and Bosma do have some scientific proof that the difference between a German from Hamburg and one from Munich is greater than that between a person from Groningen and a person from Ghent. Perhaps they could produce charts comparing eye-colour, skull measurements and blood groups."

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