It is long known that politicians are masters of doublespeak. A striking example is still given today with Iran: congratulated the Egyptian people for taking their autonomy Mubarak and clear, imp of Satan, they rush to fiercely punish those who merely imitate the Egyptians welcomed! Another example - the more complex and less bloody fortunately - is given to us in the negotiations for the formation of a government in Belgium. This is particularly the CD & V practice style, about the issue in Brussels. One of the points that pose difficulties, strongly echoed in recent days by heavyweights Flemish very well explained by Coorebyter Vincent, is that in case of a new division of powers community, such as family allowances or health care, francophones and some Flemish parties (Groen and SP.A) would like these powers are attributed to the Brussels-Capital Region, while the CD & V (and to a lesser measure the N-VA) requires that they be governed in part by the Flemish Community and the other by the French Community of Belgium, so as not to "separate" the Flemish people.
The logic put forward is that of "community", defined on a linguistic basis, and that leads to skills related mainly to language and culture, including education.
However, when discussing the issue of Francophones living in Flanders, either in any county, but particularly in the communes of the Brussels periphery, so-called "facilities", the speech changes. There is indeed no question of the Flemish - and they are probably all agree on this point - consider that these belong to the Francophone Community of Belgium French because of their language and their culture, or even the Region bilingual Brussels-Capital. In this case, the linguistic dimension is totally erased: they live on Flemish territory (the latter being managed by the Flemish Region), they are considered as "Flemish" and must comply with what the Flemish government decide for them.
Doublespeak thus: when the logic community, which is advantageous for the Flemish, only it must be taken into account, whereas when the regional approach is necessary, only the latter shall prevail . Obviously, the paradoxical side of this doubletalk totally escapes the charge of the CD & V. There is no reason to believe they could change their speech. We're not near a solution, even if it will eventually exist. I would add that the solution "split" Plan B is not one since the dual language would further exacerbated in this case!
So, exceptionally, use a third language: "Wait and see! (Although the wait begins to be long ... we really wanted to see now!)
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