The first point that came to mind is that about 150 years ago significantly less than 50% of the population of France spoke the language we know as French. There are still regional dialects in France, but there many many more who speak French.
I don't feel much sympathy toward the Catalan independence movement for the fact that they were part of those who ratified and accepted the document that eaid seccession attempts are illegal.
Isn't the Catalan Independence vote illegal, especially due to the fact Catalan ratified the constitution that made it illegal in the first place? I don't feel much sympathy toward the Catalan independence movement for the fact that they were part of those who ratified and accepted the document that eaid seccession attempts are illegal.
Uh, there are three regions in Belgium. Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels Capital Region. Granted the BCR is entirely surrounded by Flanders, but it is it's own region, so if Flanders divorced from Belgium there's no reason to assume that BCR would go with Flanders.