, Columnist
Belgium, My Country, Is in Denial
We need to keep calm, but not just carry on.
Under scrutiny.
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There was a time when Belgium was at Europe's vanguard. It was the second country in the world to industrialize, the founder of art deco and surrealism, and a producer of Nobel scientists who discovered -- among other things -- the God particle.
I was born and bred in this country, but I fear we are now trailblazing a much less positive path for Europe.