I am sorry to see the different language groups trying to grow apart in Belgium. I realise that, just as in Ireland, there are deep feelings of wrong going back into past centuries. I know that many educated Belgians have tried to get to know each other by learning different languages and spending holidays in different areas. I understand that in the Belgian Army there has been a longstanding policy that the troops shall learn the two languages and mix bilingually. Belgium will become a poorer place if it splits up into Wallonia and Flanders. Please try to stay together, for your own good and that of Europe. Splitting up will only encourage ultranationalists and xenophobes.