From The Balkan Chronicle
''As debt-burdened European governments struggle to overcome the
disparities in their still-imperfect union, old demons of regional
separatism have surged anew in recent months, raising another unwelcome
challenge to the continent's traditional nation-states.
Separatist movements have dramatically reinforced their positions
here in Belgium's prosperous Flanders region, where the
independence-minded New Flemish Alliance captured Antwerp's 16th-century
City Hall on Oct. 14 and, under its populist leader Bart De Wever, is
heading into national elections in 2014 with new wind in its sails.''
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