Brussels, June 13 (ANI): Belgium beauty queen Justine de Jonckheere has entered the national debate around Belgium's divided political class, urging the rival politicians to end the linguistic bickering.
Belgium has become the first nation in recent times to remain without a government for a year. As the political party split between the Dutch-speaking north and French-speaking south continues, Miss Belgium has entered the fray asking politicians to break the impasse.
"Belgium is beautiful! We have so much, the sea in Flanders, the forest in Wallonia. But I must admit the country has problems," the Scotsman quoted 19-year-old Jonckheere, as saying.
"Ministers hold endless meetings to reach an understanding, but never do. They need to put a little water in their wine!" she added.
Today marks a full year since elections brought the anti-Belgium N-VA regionalists to the fore in Dutch-speaking Flanders and left the pro-Belgium PS Socialists as main party in the Francophone regions.
The two need to work together to form a unitary national government, but have been spectacularly unsuccessful during a year of bitter sniping, interspersed with periods of cold silence.
So far, the six million Fleming and five million Francophones have remained largely indifferent, apart from a few protest marches and fun actions as the country first broke the European record of coalition talks in January. (ANI)
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