Vae Belgis!

In 2003, Isabelle Durant, leader of the francophone Green party, Ecolo, resigned from Guy Verhofstadt’s first government, which was a symmetrical coalition of liberals, socialists and greens from each side of the linguistic divide.

Is België niet de paradigmatische casus voor het transionalisme?

In part that is because the senior ranks of the civil service are more strongly politicized: the jobs are divided according to party and linguistic affiliations, which blurs the lines of accountability. Why would a minister resign for mistakes made by his or her political opponents?

Hoe noemen we dat? Politieke tektoniek?

Of iets scherper: bias wordt gestructureerd volgens zichtbaarheden.

† Tim King – http://www.politico.eu/article/why-belgium-politicians-havent-lost-their-jobs-resignation-political-failures-security-brussels-terror-attacks/