Euro 2020: Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia

Ballot to Talk About

This week's episode continues our European-themed month to mark the postponed 2020 Euros tournament by talking about the parties and politics of Belgium. It also includes analysis of the election results in Peru where Pedro Castillo looks like he will become the next President, defeating three-time candidate Keiko Fujimori. Additionally, it features a review of the results in Saxony-Anhalt where the CDU have outperformed polls in a strong result in the final state election before September’s federal election.

Two years on from Belgium’s last election and another long cycle of government formation, Sam and Chern take a look at the main party blocs in Flanders and Wallonia and talk about the unique linguistic divide of Belgian politics. Why does Flanders have a strong nationalist cleavage, whereas Wallonia still sees traditional ideological battles? Why has Wallonia moved towards more left-wing politics whilst Flanders drifts towards the right? And why does Belgium take so long to form their governments after elections? All these questions, and more, answered in this week's podcast.

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