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I don't remember the exact number, but it was well over half. Using the logic used here, we should just roll over then and let the French have it. Or am I reading too much into your post?
You are reading too much. Those areas should be handed over back to us (Netherlands or Flanders- as it depends on whether Flanders would sue for reunification or independence) and if there are any places where French used to be the language and which now turned Dutch-speaking we should hand over to Wallonia/France. When it comes to the Belgian problem I think that France and the Netherlands (and Germany and possibly even Luxembourg) should get involved and see to it that the division of what used to be Belgium is taken care off in an orderly fashion and those areas that switched hands should be handed over to their original owners- and when it comes to the new people they will have to be respected in their rights but understand that the language of the administration will become Dutch (or French for those areas that used to be French-speaking) and if both parties AND the people involved would agree with it parts of Luxembourg will be returned to Luxembourg, the East Cantons returned to Germany, Flanders re-united with the Netherlands (or independent) and Wallonia will become French (or independent). Brussels however will have to be handed over to Flanders- it used to be Flemish-speaking and no exception will be made. For the time being a bi-lingual administration would do just fine. But let us at least carry out such a dissolution in a civilized manner as there is no need for a