A revolution, Thats What would happen. Again. If You ever heard of the Benelux, you would know BE and NL are Most likely the closest allies in the world. Military is shared. GDP of 1 trillion. Economy powerfull as heck. Belgium has the third best healthcare in the world. Benelux has close to the best education in the world. The NL has the happiest kids in the world. We Dont need to join eachother, were tanks already. Stand together lowlands 🇧🇪🇳🇱
helll yeah and Belgium owns allot of allies so dont fuck whit the Benelux lets say this Belgium owns e treaty whit GB if Belgium is attackt GB will defend Belgium and they will do that whit all commonwealth countrys and if you attack Belgium you attack the Benelux so your fuckt if you attack Belgium or the Benelux. becuase if you attack the nederlands you attack the Benelux so you attack Belgium and its allies so you could say if you attack the Benelux you attack GB and all commonwealth countrys so go Benelux
akira j We’re part of the EU and NATO, we all are allies. Nobody is gonna attack any NATO country Because we have superior military, economic and industrial country
@@s.v.o.579 well myou say nato but we only got e few forces in the nato and we got e own army why becuase we dont wanna be part of the war between america and Russia thats why not all army stuff is for nato becuase the eu is not in e war against Russia nato is made to support america in e war against Russia so america owns allies becuase if america attacks Russia Russia could ask the eu for help and the eu law says the eu is not build for war and the eu will only defend not attack so what would the eu do support e country were you got borders whit and were you are working whit on many things like the new pipe line from Russia to the eu or support e allie that allways tells you what to do and what you could do and does not own so mutch allies becuase if the eu supports Russia that means Belgium supports Russia and GB will defend Belgium whit all commonwealth countrys so if they take the side of Russia you got e big army you got Russia the eu GB all commonwealth countrys and probely china two becuase they want e piece of the pie why would they support 1 country america becuase canada and allot more or commonwealt countrys so they support Belgium so they support Russia so you see nato is made for america not the eu but for america if you attack the eu your fuckt so Russia would nevver do that so why nato for america if it would come to e war between america and Russia so america could ask for support in that war if Russia could ask support form the eu america needs allies they would lose allot of allies america but allot if they would attack Russia there fuckt why do you thingk that america is telling the eu to do more for nato america needs it not the eu becuase if the eu would need it then the eu would ask for it and not america why is trumpy so mad about the new pipe line from Russia to the eu america does not whant that. no so that the eu works closer whit Russia they could become verry good allies and then what whit america
@@ruenkie4669 van 1815 tot 1830/1839 bestond het Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden uit Belgie en Nederland. Tevens was het hertogdom Luxemburg onder het bewind van Koning Willem 1. Het koninkrijk had twee hoofdsteden, Amsterdam en Brussel. Pas na de Belgische revolutie werd België afgescheiden van Nederland. De Benelux is een samenwerkingsverband opgericht in 1944 door de regeringen van de betreffende landen in ballingschap.
to be fair we have to split belgium in two country flander join netherland and wallonia join france !! so i think is more interesting for france in term of football !
dude wallonië is niet zo arm hoor!! wacht maar over 10 jaar (of meer) gaan ze daar boomen wegens water te kort wereld weid dus en wallonie heeft het meest drinkbare water van belgie!
@@dumbr2098 no person is obliged to speak another language im saying this in english because you probs dont understand dutch This is a vid about the dutch and the belgains let us speak our language
I will never call Belgium, 'The Greater Netherlands', that sounds so wrong. We respect our southern friends and their sovereignty. If they wish to see themselves as such, that is fine, but I seriously doubt it. Belgium is our friend for now and all time.
@@s.v.o.579 It sounds like 'das grosse deutsche reich', but then from a dutch standpoint over Belgium. That's why I responded with 'I will never call Belgium that'.
Imagine the amazing football team they'd have if Belgium and the Netherlands united: Courtois in goal, Alderweireld, Kompany, Vertongen in the back, Meunier and Chadli as wingbacks, Witsel and De Bruyne on the midfield and Mertens, Hazard and Lukaku up front!
Why didn't you add our little sister Luxemburg into the family? Makes it easier, in that way you could have used Benelux figures about economy etc. And the three of us are very aware that cooperation is the only way into the future. Because the Netherlands and Belgium are brother and sister, it is not very wise to marry.
@Hubert Beauregard You cannot reunite with something you were never part of. Except from short occupations by Louis XIV and Napoleon, the Walloon area wasn't part of France ever. History, ancestry, and culture you share with the rest of the low countries under the Burgundian Dukes. Even language. You are free to make your own choices, but not on false arguments and reasons.
@Hubert Beauregard I did say that the French occupied Wallonie, at least twice. But there is no Celtic DNA in this region. It's good to live in an illusion, but do not sell it as truth.
Hallo zuid-nederlanders😂👋 Edit: thanks for all the likes tho😉 België is een hartstikke leuk land met hele leuke mensen dus Belgen, wordt niet boos, jullie weten ook: DIT IS EEN GRAP
@@Hallo-ex8nk Nah, Dutch people are so obsessed with themselves they search video's about their own country. A Flemish saying: "The Dutch think the meridian runs through their ass"
MD AD no I’m Dutch and what you are stating is untrue. I also found this video because RU-vid recommended this video. I also don’t get why you Flemish have so much prejudices about the Netherlands while most of them are incorrect. Dus waarvandaan die haat vlaminkje?
MD AD Haha nee dat was om een reactie uit te lokken. En als ik je ‘vlaminkje’ noem betekent dat volgens mij niet dat Nederlanders Nederland overal op RU-vid opzoeken. Video’s over Nederland staan gwn bij aanbevolen. En ik snap niet waar al die mensen al die vooroordelen vandaan halen over Nederlanders aangezien ze niet kloppen. Overigens zou ik het geweldig vinden als Vlaanderen en NL weer fuseren. Jij natuurlijk niet maar zou je daar ook normale argumenten voor geven?
It’s the map of the Dutch speaking majority lands Flanders lil bit or Frances and Germany but south is Wallonia French speaking but in the east of it is German speaking
Thank you for being interested in my part of the world and giving all those kind compliments to my country and our neighbours to the north, the Netherlands. There is however a huge problem with this video. At first it might look like it's an in depth analysis, but it soon becomes clear it's based on numbers and statistics and there has been no input from someone who actually knows the countries. The biggest gaping hole in this explanation is that you don't address the language situation of Belgium and going hand in hand with that the political and economic differences between Wallonia and Flanders that would cause huge difficulties in trying to join Belgium with the Netherlands. Also historically there has been an attempt to join these nations. It did not go well. That would have been worth mentioning.
Both countries are already united with Luxembourg in the BENELUX union. Actually, just like in 1815 when we were together as the united kingdom of the Netherlands.
Dat waren nog eens tijden....die 15 lange jaren in de wereldgeschiedenis. van 1815 tot 1830.. Ik vraag mij toch af waarom sommige vlamingen zich steeds op die luttele 15 jaar beroepen om een 'hereniging' te verdedigen. Het waren 15 jaar van zever en ambras, tot de scheiding.
@@triskelworkshop2855 dat was voor politieke reden en religie..en nu hebben we die politieke zever me wallonië.. naast dat spreken vlamingen dezelfde taal waar we voor moesten vechten omdat we anders frans spraken , en daarvoor waren we deel van spaanse en oostenrijkse nederlanden.. dus ondanks dat we 15 jaar officieel 1 land waren hebben we 1000de jaren geschiedenis gedeeld.. dus van mij apart drop ons maar bij Nederland.
@@robinnoel2716 HAHAHAHAHA jE GAAT snel terug naar Belgiè terug willen, ik weet uit ZEER goeden bron dat 65 percent v d Nederlanders geen kans maakt een eigen woning te bezitten , levenslang huur betalen in Nederland , daarbij nog eens zeer hogen huurprijzen in Nederland,1200 euro voor 42 vierkanten meter leefruimten, levenslang, daarbij wonen in uw zoooooooooooooo fameus Nederland 5.000.000 mensen meer dan in Belgi!è, de kippen de honden de konijnen hebben in Belgiè meer levensruimten dan de mensen in Nederland, on plus in Belgiè heeft 70 percent v d bevolking een eigen woning, daarnog eens bij dat je in Nederland moet gaan werken tot 68 jaar, de pensioenen in Nederland zjijn ook niet zoooo bijzonder als er iederen maand die huur ervanaf moet tellen, EN de ziekenkas (zorg ) in Nederland is echt een ramp tegenover die in Belgiè, allez veen geluk daar achter,
well no it would Impact all the company's trying to evade/pay less takes. It would Impact Luxembourg and the country around the Benelux also how would the government be split up and that kind of stuff.
@@TheChosenFailure Video's and channels like this don't really talk about how a government would function if some nations go together. And the impact on the tax haven thing would be a video on its own "what if luxemburg changes its tax laws" or something. As to the impact diplomatically, the benelux or belgian-netherlands would be diplomatically stronger, however this doesn't change their overall relationships with other nations, seeing they are rather similar. Similar friends, +- similar views on the EU, ... Luxemburg would add 62 billion to the Belgian-Dutch 1450 billion gdp Luxemburg has no real military capabilities Luxemburg would add +-0,6 million people to the Belgian-Dutch 28,43 million population Luxemburg would add 2 585 km2 to the Belgian-Dutch 72 071 km2 surface area The differences are on every topic rather small. Luxemburg is a small country. While rather wealthy, in absolute numbers it doesn't add that much more.
Ik hoef alleen maar bovenste deel belgie erbij te hebben (Vlaamse gedeelte) de Franstalige zijn anders met een grote minderheid in Nederland (Wallonië) En wordt dan net als Friesland een eigen taal en Frans de 2de taal van Nederland naast Arabisch en Engels & fries..
Sometimes when I need a good laugh I just look up a video from an American RU-vid channel about a European country or issue and just laugh my ass off. You guys really don't get it do you? The assumptions and weird logic in this video don't make any sense at all. I suggest you guys have a serious talk with the person who does the research.. Anyway, maybe I'm not the right audience, I guess a fellow American would enjoy this. EDIT: I understand why people might think my comment is to portray Americans as stupid, but I was actually trying to say that a lot of American content creators make sloppy mistakes with these videos, why are there no sources in the description? Why did he use the wrong maps? These are pretty simple things that could be solved by just taking your time to produce some quality content. As I said, it's an okay video if you actually don't live in the Netherlands or Belgium and if you just accept all these 'facts' and don't think twice about it, but I have a lot of questions if it comes to the data and maths behind the GDP, import and export. I think a lot of Americans would just see this and think "okay cool". If that's the point of the video, they did a good job.
@@sebastiangonzalezschwidrow603 Aangezien ik ook met weinig voorkennis deze mensen hierop aanspreek en ze misschien afschilder als 'domme Amerikanen' mag jij mij natuurlijk ook daarop aanspreken. Ik heb overigens verder niks tegen Amerikanen. Het valt mij gewoon op dat veel content creators uit Amerika er op uit zijn om zo snel mogelijk halfbakken content te maken in de hoop dat niemand daar verder vraagtekens bij zet. Jij lijkt me een slim persoon, althans mijn ervaring met Belgen is dat dit intelligente mensen zijn, ik ga er ook even vanuit dat je Nederlands kunt. Op die manier kan ik mijzelf ook iets beter uiten. Je gaat me niet vertellen dat je zelf ook niet ziet dat er hier dingen geroepen worden zonder enige bronnen te vermelden in de beschrijving, het lijkt er op dat ze niet per se willen dat mensen verder naar de data kijken. Ze hebben meer interesse in het maken van een of ander snel in elkaar geflanst filmpje met entertainmentwaarde voor een publiek dat er toch niet twee keer over na zal denken. Ik heb zo mijn twijfels met name bij het uitrekenen van de koopkrachtpariteit, import en export. Het lijkt er meer op dat de makers hiervan gewoon zoveel mogelijk cijfers wilden opnoemen en vergelijkingen trekken met bestaande landen om mensen een 'aha'-momentje te geven. Als dit stuk erbuiten was gelaten waren de overige opsommingen nog enigszins verdraagbaar en logisch genoeg om het een goed filmpje te kunnen noemen. Ondanks het verkeerde gebruik van kaarten. Ik heb geen tijd en geen zin om deze bronnen na te trekken en in te gaan op zaken zoals het combineren van de koopkracht van twee landen en alle zaken die zouden veranderen als deze twee landen samengaan, aangezien dat allemaal niet zo simpel is. België en Nederland zien er voor sommige mensen als redelijk dezelfde landen uit waarbij misschien weinig zou moeten veranderen, echter denk ik dat de combinatie van deze twee landen wel iets verder reikt dan het simpelweg optellen van gegevens. Ik hoor het graag als jij hier meer over weet en/of de feiten nagetrokken hebt op een manier die wel ergens op slaat.
The Netherlands = cheese, beautiful waters, tulips,... Belgium = beer, chocolate, fries, waffles,... The typicality of each country is then lost for me.
@@crazyciler50 Hij is even nazi als nicoa een junk is. Typisch voor extreem rechts om wietpaffers met junks te vergelijken maar zuipen zal wel meer getolereerd worden.
@@ashina8845 in the Netherlands we have a Provence called fryslan and it's has it's own language and culture. And the Dutch government makes sure that it stays that way. If we where to join (and I think that's never going to happen but it's a entertaining idea). That the flemish culture will be preserved as it is right now.
@Hubert Dubois Funny because Belgians as a whole are mostly descendant from Salian Franks, not from the Gallic Belgae tribes, almost no one in Belgium has a genetic relation with the Gallic Belgae. Flemish are Franks who retained their original Germanic language, Walloons are Franks who adopted a Latin language, just like the French (except in the south of France which is genetically more Gallo-Roman than Frankish). Thinking that any Belgian is descendant from these Belgae tribes shows very shallow knowledge of history. A lot happened since those tribes inhabited that area like the Roman Empire, the Frankish Empire, and the Holy Roman Empire. The area of Belgium (back then, Austrasia) was the homeland of the Franks, where the first Frankish kings were born, from where out they conquered the rest.
Can you provide some sources for these DNA tests? I will gladly believe you if you provide some from a reputable source. Until then I only believe the historical version, which is the area of Belgium and Northern France had Franks migrating in masses because of the Huns and outnumbering the local populace up until Ile-de-France, which is well past Wallonia. As far as I know only DNA tests from the south of France (past Ile-de-France) have a significant amount of mixed Gaulish and Roman DNA. Belgium and Northern France are mostly Germanic DNA, even if you speak a Romance language now. Keep in mind that there are also regions in Wallonia which historically belonged to Flanders like Tournai (Doornik), and that Brabant (Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and Antwerp) used to be one entity during most of the medieval ages, only being split up since 1970.
Belgians are our brothers and after a family row decided we better live apart. It turned out for the best and as real brothers we help and assist each other.
Flanders, Wallonia, Netherlands, Luxembourg, I love you all. I hope we become one country with no difference, no matter what the languages are. Gee, it's only a damn language!!! Let's fix the problems in Belgium first, please don't separate!!!!
@Ad Lockhorst People happen to like the kingdom here. It would be abolished if the royal family lost popular support. Also, even though I have a republican bent, I much prefer what we have here to a powerful president as in the US. I like the German system, though.
@Trofknarf Alias Luxemburg is not part of Belgium or the Netherlands, so it would not be an issue in this scenario. If Luxemburg were to join as well, it would simply require another marriage. I don't see any of this happening in reality, though.
@Ad Lockhorst Personally, I'm OK with the monarchy as long as most people want it. That makes it basically a democratic choice to have the monarchy. I also don't see it lasting very long as soon as public support goes. It is just not a very big issue for me. Also, I can see arguments in favour of it
This would be basically a force marriage, which by now is clearly forbidden. A co-rulership of the two kings/queens would probably be the best case. You could also add luxemburg, which adds a third "ruler. Afterall in the end both monarchies are mostly symbolic eitherway.
The Dutch- Belgian border runs through a bar. Hahaha, and this is for real, but it's cute. Both countries have outstanding relations. We are different, but we complement eachother, like in the best marriages
Nederland en Belgie als 1 land, het zou kunnen werken. Dat er verschillen zijn klopt, maar die zijn er ook tussen iemand uit Amsterdam en iemand uit Groningen. Mijn ervaring als provinciaaltje die België weleens bezocht is dat ze gewoon vriendelijk zijn. Behandel een Vlaming als je gelijke dan gaan er deuren open, doe je het niet verwacht dan ook geen hartelijk welkom. Ergens in de comments zag ik staan dat het als 1 land eerder niet gewerkt heeft, welnu dat kwam door buitenlandse inmenging (Frankrijk en Engeland). Een groot Nederland (België, Nederland en Luxemburg) was problematisch, zeker omdat het zuiden toch nogal wat banden had met Frankrijk en de Engelsen zagen dat niet echt zitten. Dit is waarom wij in Nederland opgescheept zitten met een koningshuis die door de Engelsen mogelijk gemaakt is. Je hoeft niet veel van geschiedenis te weten om te weten dat er tussen Engelsen en Fransen elkaar door de eeuwen heen altijd een strijd was. En dan was er ook nog zoiets als religie, waar in het zuiden veel mensen katholiek waren, waren in het noorden nogal wat mensen protestant. Op zich had dat geen probleem hoeven zijn, tenslotte staan hier ook de verschillende kerken op steenworp van elkaar verwijderd. Nadat België zelfstandig werd, hebben de Vlamingen het niet makkelijk gehad, Nederlands was een minderwaardige taal en mocht zeker niet overal gebruikt worden, het heeft hun heel wat moeite gekost om het zover te krijgen dat ze geaccepteerd worden in de zin van taalgebruik. Nog een gevecht, is het dan zo gek dat er een aantal Belgen sceptisch zijn? Ik denk van niet.
Ik ga eerlijk zijn dat België als land voor mij nooit werkte en dat ik me zeker meer Nederlander voel en indd we vochten ook voor onze Nederlandse taal.. Ik vind dat dit alleen al ons minstens even Nederlands maakt.
@@robinnoel2716 ga jij dan maar Nederland mannekke, kun je werken tot 68 jaar, en mag je zoals 70 percent v d Nederlanders je leven lang huur betalen 1.200 euro voor 40 vierkanten meter elvensruite, pas he de stikstof in holland gaat je dan ook nog pakken,
@@robinnoel2716 verhuis maar snel , kom t na enkelen maanden al met hangende pootjes terug, trouwens Belgiè en Nederland hebben de zelfde oppervlakte, MAAR in you heerlijk Nederland leven 5.000.000 mensen meer, vertrek maar gauw , je krijgt van mij nog 100 euro als je nooit meer terug komt lol lol lol lol lol ll
@@dylan2478 België is mijn tweede thuis, ik woon in Brabant (Nederland) en ik versta de Vlamingen veel beter dan de Nederlanders in het noorden, kan Brabant niet gewoon bij België😂?
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The Netherlands and Belgium don't need to invest much in their military. However if they need to defend their homeland, I believe that they have a lot of money they can pump into their Militaries.
Lol and belgium owns cover from GB e treaty if belgium is in e war GB will defend belgium and they will defend belgium whit all commonwealth countrys so belgium is save they got that and the eu countrys and nato so belgium is save and the benelux armys but they are eu so so why does belgium needs e big army they are surounded by allies haha lol if you attack belgium your fuckt same is for russia if they attack the eu they attack belgium and its allies so same for america if they would attack the eu canada is 1 of the commonwealth countrys 1 of many non eu countrys there are not mutch commonwealth countrys in the eu Schotland maby but thats it i think so if you attack belgium or e allie of belgium your fuckt if belgium enters that war becaus the enemy needs to attack belgium belgium supports its allies so GB + all commonwealth countrys and eu countrys will go to war to defend belgium we let nato out why well i did say if america or russia or china attacks belgium but lets say the eu belgium is in the eu and brussels is the capitol of the eu so you attack belgium so if you attack the eu you attack GB and all its allies so e war against belgium mmmmmmmmmm or the eu ok if russia and china join up but america joins the eu an and all the rest but how will the eorld react on e war or lets say attack on e country like GB and any eu country or usa or commonwealth country or china or russia well lets say if china attacks russia wierd i know but lets say that are you gonna take e side lets say china say to the eu join me or support me in e war against russia but russia asks the eu two so take e side but lets say china and america are in e war russia supports china but will the eu support america but not all eu army stuff is for nato thats why i say the eu nato forces will join that war but will the rest off the eu armys support america and nato becuase they could pull out off nato so they could support rusdia and china but you got GB two ok theres e treaty between belgium and GB but lets say the eu countrys support russia and china so belgium supports them so america will attack belgium so the treaty says that GB will defend belgium if belgium is attack so if GB follows there treatys america will be on its own now they can ask for nato but thats it canada is e commonwealth country so they support belgium so if you see it like that then you know that nato is not for the eu but to support america in e war against any country not the eu becuase the eu is not in e war or they own no enemys not russia not china not america not africa not one enemy so why nato well for america
To all those reading the comments or writing them please be aware that this is pure theoratically and this wouldn't happen in the real world. And please don't call the Belgium the 'Southern Netherlands' as that is kind of implolite / mean
'De Nederlanden' stamt al uit de middeleeuwen. In de kunstgeschiedenis is kunst gezien als "Netherlandish" dus Brussel, Gent, Brugge, Antwerpen als steden in de Spaanse en Habsburgse Nederlanden. In sommige internationale kringen heeft men het nog over 'the Netherlands' Het is al heel oud..... (Verder zijn vlamingen en "hollanders" zo uit elkaar gegroeid dat een hereniging van de Nederlanden er van-zijn-nooit-en-never-nie zal komen.
We shouldn't be grown apart that much. Als Brabander is een Brabander van het zuiden mijn broeder. Ook zijn de inwoners van het land van Loon en de Vlaamse streken mijn kameraden.
@@r.v.b.4153 qua historisch gevoel zeker. De brabander onder de "kroon van België " kent die overeenkomst echter niet. Ook (Noord)Brabanders beschouwen zij als "Hollanders". Lomp en luidruchtig .
No way in hell this could happen, not even moderate Belgians would be willing to join the Netherlands, the culture between the countries is so different, furthermore Flanders has enough economic stability to survive alone. Belgium joining Netherlands is about as likely to happen as France joining Germany, you can theorise about it, but it's extremely unlikely to happen.
Good thing it's impossible 😂 the Belgium law states that there may never be a royal from the Oranje Nassau family on the throne. Plus the lions and the dogs need some healthy competition.
Well, I certainly wouln't mind it if this means we get to drop all the royal crap and just become a real democracy. Our government screwed up so badly that we won't be able to produce enough electricity during the winter so we have to beg other countries to prepare themselves to export to us. Our traffic situation is also horrible since road maintenance is often neglected and roads are often built with only one or two lanes even when that's clearly not enough to handle the traffic. Any change is probably good, since it's hard to get a developed country to do worse than us currently.
@@IkBenBenG So true, however, our road *system* is one of the best in the world! Too bad we're not capable of maintaining the state of the roads within that system.. Atleast they make it look like it's being dealt with, right!? Anywho, the electricity thing's going to be a bit of a problem, I would imagine. Not to mention that one of our political parties (groen) had this bold statement on their webpage saying that they would: 1:"Move away from Nuclear Power in 2022, being able to shut down *all** plants in 2025." 2:"Have our country run *fully* on green energy in 2050" Makes me wonder where the heck our energy would come from the 25 years inbetween. I guess they're magicians? They must be, right? How else would they get that many votes on such idiotic standpoints :/.
@@IkBenBenG By all means, the Netherlands is extremely well, even for a developt country. Second, a dropping the royal heritage wouldn't make the Netherlands any more or less democratic. A "real democracy" would be a direct democracy. Which means there would be a referendum for every single decision, i.o.w atleast one referendum every single day. And I don't really get why you have such a hate for importing electricity. We import and export many goods. "Any change is probably good" seems like a rather bold statement, as like Fzetski mentioned, alot of plans for changes are bold and/or completely idealistic... There is much good at stake.
I'm belgian, not dutch. Also, the hate about importing electricity is because it has significantly increased the energy cost. Also we're doing so bad that if any more problems happen with the electric grid or we'll have a strong winter then even with the import we may not get enough electricity and entire towns will be shut off to preserve the electricity in the largest towns. The main cause of the electricity problems is that our government decided to cut down on investments on classic power plant, and try to completely get rid of nuclear power, before real alternatives are completely finished yet. It really is very poorly planned by people who clearly didn't do enough research. And I know the royal herritage isn't the only problem, but it's dated and not really that useful anymore. We also have basically 6 separate governments and the entire system is just overly complicated and due to that they never agree on anything. Additionally, the parties which get elected in the voting very often get rejected by the other political parties and end up not in charge. Doesn't sound like a democracy at all to me, more like the opposite.
7:03 Thats false. In fact, the US has stationed some nuclear weapons in The Netherlands. So we can always use them if we want but that is not a good idea lol
That's wrong. These nuclear weapons are the propety of the US and no one else. When you entered a military base who has nuclear weapons from other country in, you're under the nation owner juridiction.
Wat hebben alle mensen in de comments tegen Wallonië!? Vlaanderen en Wallonië zijn beide leuk. Vlaanderen heeft mooie steden en Wallonië heeft mooie natuur.
yeah a divided country with lots of dialects and a southern part that speaks french, which also has a totally different ideology. It would be something like Italy, rich north with lots of industry and a poor south with lots of unemployment.
My grandma lives in baarle Nassau (she’s Dutch) and I worked there for a while in the grocery store. It’s really fun to see little Belgium and little Netherlands combined ❤️ but I rather want to keep how it is now 😂 🇳🇱🇳🇱
Because belgium isn't a stable country with two totally different people the flemish (dutch speakers) and walloon (french speakers). Historically its a made up country by the french, english and germans tot act as a buffer region.
Very simplistic by thinking unifying two countries is just adding up some statistics. Above that, the union between Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg is already tight with Benelux since the end of WW2. That bond is maybe tighter than the relation between Flanders and Wallonia in Belgium itself.
@@greent1g3r9 Why the hate? What are we doing to harm you? Why do we deserve to be hated? Please understand that we love you, at least I do, I love the Dutch speaking part of Belgium and I love all Dutch people too, fantastic people, my all-time favorite neighbors that I also support in soccer. But the Dutch language is too difficult to speak for us, so we can communicate in English as a solution. Please stop the hate.
Majority of my famiIy is fIemish, but as a WaIIonian, I do understand Ianguage difference, but hate and pan-dutchism, I don't. SeriousIy, we beIgian, we aren't french or dutch, we are waIIonian or fIemish, but most importantIy BeIgian.
Quintiax I’m pretty sure it didn’t work in the past because y’all had a different religion and we oppressed you. But we’re not religious anymore, so come join us!
Cause stuff is complicated. There are actually cultural differences and also what he says at the end of the video about schooling and stuff, you would have to do that with everything these governments do (which is a lot cause we are not the USA).
As a person coming from the Southern Part of Holland and did a lot of business with both Dutch and Belgium/Flemish customers: We have a lot common in doing business, but there are cultural differences: Holland and Flemish Belgians merge: No ways unless there will be a reason for it. WE respect each other as independent countries. We had the best treaty already: NL/BE/LUX (BENELUX) are the SOURCE of the EU long time ago (EEG= European Economic Unity of "Steel"): There were no fixed border controls between NL/BE before EU even exist: :D.
FTDfacts that map you use for the netherlands, is the netherlands + flanders in one. and flanders is a part of belguim. sooo in this case you have like the dutch and flemish + flemish and the french spreaking belgians?? if you use this map.😅😅 no hate btw i like your content😊
One minor error: The Netherlands still have subscription to the military (18 to 45 years), but that has been suspended after the cold war ended. Joining the countries wouldn't work because of the cultural and linguistic differences.
By the way even Walloons can be separated in 3 separated cultures : the german speakers (at the east), Walloons (the bigger part of the region) and the Picards (at the west )
What is with this channel and the Netherlands? ... first the silhouet of the Netherlands was actually South Africa in the thumbnail... and now it is the Netherlands including Flanders...
As a Dutchman who lives in Belgium... No one refers to Flanders as the Greater Netherlands. That would be considered quiet poor taste in Flanders actually. Most Dutch people are actually considered being loud and very overpresent by Belgians. Flanders is the Flemish speaking part of Belgium, which is derived from the 19th Century Dutch language, but evolves differently. Living as a Dutchman in Belgium and have a job as a theatre writer, I can't stress enough how many times I have to ask people if sentences sound right to a Flemmish audience. Maybe with the exception of the shared language, Flanders and most of the Netherlands are completely different and would institute all kinds of cultural and linguistic problems which at first may seem invisible.
eendracht maakt macht , l'Union fait la force , solidaire avec mes compatriote , mais pas avec la politique , wallons flamands ; peut importe , c'est quand y a la guerres que l'ont reconnais les siens , je suis l'un d'entre eux , malgré que je suis flamands , et oui , si si y en à , peut ; mais y en à serte , bjr à vous Valandix von Osterreich ;-)
Kobe Duyver Wallonians dont , some Flanders do though. There is a big split in your country and the two provinces won’t be able to financially support themselves. Especially Wallonia
@@danrohn8821 SeriouIy, WaIIonians don't want TO SPLIT UP, and FIanders in a Big Minor part want to be INDEPENDANT, that's a basic matters of poIitic in BeIgium since the 60's, I assume that you're a Dutch, to be such a Idiot. For ShadowRaven, sure, as I WaIIonian by 2-3 generations (I was fIemish before, and stiII 3/4 are FIemish), that's a common economic history to Iearn about, our First and Second Economy (As Raw MateriaIs [CoaI, iron] was shutdown due about the Iack of ressources as Iike Refined MateriaIs [SteeI, Cutted wood, minery shit]) was down, yes to integrated a huge Third Sector of Economy need a Iot of time and money. You can't say WaIIonia is a waste of money, in CharIeroi the Aeroport area becomed one of the most important Buisness in BeIgium, ArIon is a huge center of input money in the economy (Due to workers in Iuxemburg, etc...), Namur becomed a huge cuIturaI city and for Universities and "Haute-Etudes". And BW (WaIIonian Brabant) with Braine-I'aIIeud, NiveIIes Wavres are reaIIy important pIaces for services (Economic) in BeIgium
@@Afura33 then you are not from belgium but just a lyer thta is living in the netherlands because why should you live their belgium is the best country ever
Netherlands has 20ish leopard 2 tanks beguim has idk the amount but we have leopards 1a5s belguim militairty aldo small is very modern just like tjat of the netherlands the only thing thata kinda a problem is that the average age of a belgain soldier is 36 and rising so our militairy isnt old but actually old if you get my point
@@leopoldii7138 thx captain hindsight, you talking to a defensie employee. You don't need to tell me how many tanks we have, we do have a lot of people cariers
Small correction: The Netherlands actually is nuclear capable. It is part of the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and has nuclear weapons in storage. The fact of the matter is that the nuclear armaments are the property of the United States, and so in normal circumstances, The Netherlands would only act as the deliverer of the nuclear payload.
I'm Dutch. I like my southern neighbours, but please don't. We don't have much in common. In fact, I think we have more in common with Germans than with Belgians.
The problem is that we have stupid Walloons here in belgium. Every statistic of belgium gets dropped by Walonia. And I really mean a lot of things about different subjects.
Wich statistics ? Except unemployent since 2014 wich is 4.5% in Vlaanderen and 10% in wallonie because of industrialisation of the south of the country. Both regions are still equals in terms of PIB and productivity, even if Vlanders is a lil bit ahead. (something like 1%). If you consider that the immigration from North Africa is walloon, you're the stupid one. They're near 1M muslims and sits in Charleroi, Brussel, Luik, Namen... Even if our medias tell us " they're benefic for our country" we all know that's bullshit. And they drop a lot from our education statistics like research and development because much of our money go to them to feed their family with 8 children ( all future drugs dealers btw). Dont forget every belgian is taxed smth like 45-50% to feed those bastards. Even me, as an actual walloon, i would vote for NVA because our politicals are doing PURE shit. Don't forget we're still "landgenoten", i'm studying STEM to be a fcking engineer and develop my own country, but if our politicals keeps doing shit with immigration, i'm going in vlaanderen or elsewhere to run away from this future bullshit country. And tbh we would never get rid of you to go with France because they're pure assholes.
"Walloons are stronger than the Flemings (the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium), thinner, more nervous, healthier, and they live longer. Their skill and their professionalism are superior to those of the Flemish. They exceed the French in tenacity and enthusiasm - qualities which favoured their immigration in Sweden. But their passionate rashness makes them look like the French people." (June 3rd, 1922) Do not rage too much, it's just the Walloon Worker myth ;D
