Belgian Federalism in the Light of the Requirements of the Flemish Movement

The present work deals with an analysis of a political and constitutional organization of the federal Kingdom of Belgium from the Flemish point of view. Firstly, this text focuses on developments, trends and selected determinants of the historical position of the Flemish community in the framework of the Belgian state. It is mainly devoted to capture and identify several relevant requirements of the Flemish movement which have risen of the language and cultural context of the Belgian reality. Gradually, their economical and political plane has been found. Furthermore, the work looks closer to the dynamic process of the institutional transformation of the original unitary political system resulting in the federal arrangement. The attention is paid to the decentralization (devolutionary) constitutional reforms starting in the seventies of the twentieth century which were definitely completed by the federalization of the country in 1993 and subsequent revisions. The text also analyzes the character of the institutional environment and the various positions of (language) groups within it. Finally, this contribution introduces two areas of specific problems which are viewed negatively from the Flemish point of view and for this reason Flemings loudly ask for reviews, i. e. the question of the capital..