Belgian Politics & Elections: Federal, regional & EP elections on June 9, 2024

[urutzizu]

...the Morroccan (largely Berber origin) kids in Molenbeek are third generation immigrants, I'm a second generation immigrant myself. We are as Belgian as each other...why they are amalgamated with Syrian refugees while I am not is where the racism really lies.

Among the the second/third generation Immigrants, would you say is there a tendency to Identity strongly with the Country of Belgium and Belgian Unity or rather do they Identify as Flemish/Walloons? (or neither/with their country of origin?)
I remember, in Britain Immigrants are likely to Identify with "British" as opposed to the Whites who identify as English, Welsh, etc. Is Fleming/Walloon similarly percieved to be a ethnic indicator?
Do you think that the lack of a strong Belgian identity/patriotism is partly responsible for issues like Molenbeek?

Thanks!

[urutzizu]

I mean if the position of the Belgian government parties, is that yes, they are commiting genocide, but we are not going to call it that, nor will we condemn it in any meaningful way aside from signing on to vague UN statements, nor will it have any consequences for our economic relationship and we are going to go ahead with ratifying an extradition treaty with them anyway, and we will let them build a massive logistics hub and their technology into our critical security infrastructure,

then the PVDA-PTB who actually do genuinely believe, for naivety or whatever reason, that there is no genocide so closer ties with China is fine; I am not sure if the former is actually the more defensible position.

(Although granted, I don't know much about how China policy is in PVDA or in Belgian politics generally, so do feel free to correct me.)