Belgium is a supranational state, constructed by the European powers in 1830 and made up of two different nations, Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia.
Although no party straddles the divide between Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia, the new coalition will include socialists and liberals as well as Christian Democrats.
Split by linguistic differences between a Flemish-speaking north and a French-speaking south, voters in Belgium set a world record this year, by being unable to agree on a formal government since holding elections last June.
The plan proposed by Mr Vande Lanotte would see a further decentralisation of power to Belgium's regions, split between the Dutch-speaking Flemish population and French-speaking Walloons.
It has stable politics, strong capital markets and can be a base for investments in West and French speaking Africa.
His party said the Flemish and French-speaking Liberals had signed up to his reform programme, but that the French-speaking Christian Democrats had declined to do so.
His Flemish Christian Democrats said the Dutch- and French-speaking Liberals had signed up to his reform programme, but that the French-speaking Christian Democrats had declined to do so.
Although united in matters of cantonal pride such as wine and cheese, the French- and German-speaking towns reveal idiosyncrasies: elegant Zermatt attracts champagnesipping dignitaries, while Martigny hides Henry Moore sculptures and Brig puts on a baroque show.
The new funding will support HIV and AIDS prevention in 14 French-speaking countries in West and Central Africa, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.
After a night of negotiations, five Dutch- and French-speaking parties agreed to form a government.
This time, at least, Mr Arnault has picked somewhere close, and partly French-speaking.
That is because public money is used to buy peace in Belgium, whose Dutch- and French-speaking halves increasingly loathe each other.
Chirac should not be too upset if he comes back to Hanoi in a year's time and finds fewer people speaking French.
Like the tele-evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, another of Louisiana's fallen idols, Mr Edwards was the son of sharecroppers, raised among blacks and French-speaking Cajuns.
By day, Brussels is more or less bilingual, hosting a third of a million Dutch- and French-speaking commuters from the prim suburbs, who fill the lion's share of well-paid graduate jobs.
The company also owns interests in 20 refineries scattered across Europe, the United States, China, and the French-speaking regions of Africa and the Caribbean and operates a network of nearly 15, 000 gas stations.
Chretien said he would discuss elements of his Monday talks with Bush at an upcoming meeting of Commonwealth nations in Australia, and a subsequent summit of "Francophone, " or French-speaking and influenced nations, later in the year in Lebanon.
Although little seen in Britain and still under-represented in America, Mr Wilson's theatre and opera productions are well-known in French- and German-speaking countries.
The series of trainings will benefit both French and Arabic speaking media professionals but the first round will target specifically journalists and editors in chief of francophone media.
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Flemings dislike both the size of the tax burden and the sense that they subsidise the French-speaking, southern half of the country, where unemployment is higher and wages lower.
In the years that followed I met the President several times, at various events and summits of the French-speaking community.
He said the club would be speaking to the players and French officials to get a full picture of what happened.
Canada's linguistic politics require equal amounts for French-speaking and English-speaking Africa.
System D is a slang phrase pirated from French-speaking Africa and the Caribbean.
Belgian political parties divided along French- and Dutch-speaking lines four decades ago, and most voting districts are split the same way.
The problem has its roots in the sensitive area around Brussels where the French-speaking Walloons and the Dutch-speaking Flemings live side by side.
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And she also took a swipe at Britain's representatives in Europe, both officials and elected MEPs, for "going native" - and even speaking with a "weird half French, half German accent".
Most secular parties are led by a highly internationalized elite, however, who are often as comfortable speaking French as Arabic, and who are culturally disconnected from the vast majority of their compatriots, even uncomfortable in their company.
Conversely, on foreign French-speaking media and social media, estimates will, in the space of one mouse click, start filtering out from 6.30 p.m. onwards, when those in the know get initial voting trends, from the first 100 ballot papers counted from other polling stations that closed at 6 p.m.
Moreover, it was almost entirely about French-speaking Africa, and therefore excluded most of the people of the continent.
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