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France and Flemish-France and the little uses of immigrants
Degrading directive painted on a schoolwall in the north of France, the words “Flemish is not allowed”. They have since been removed.
One and a half millennia ago, while the Saxons were engaged upon the great migration westward across the North Sea to post-Roman Britain, so the Flemish tribe advanced west along the Channel coast into Gallia, sweeping down upon the decaying Roman garrisons. Twelve centuries later some of the land they won was annexed by France. After the Revolution of 1789 the Flemish language had its official status removed in la Grande Nation. But no problem today, you would think. We are surely past such petty nationalisms in the modern Europe of nations, of which France is the spiritual leader. There is, don’t forget, the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages which explicitly seeks to promote and protect historical regional and minority languages and excludes from protection the languages of recent immigrants to France. Flemish is unquestionably one of the native languages of France (see in the north). And just along the coast in Belgium and Netherlands, Dutch is spoken by twenty million prosperous people. Bilingualism is surely no threat and would be a great economical advantage to the Flemish of France. There were some grounds for hope that Paris thought so, too. Back in April 2001 the Minister of Education, Jack Lang, formally admitted that for more than two centuries French governments had repressed regional languages. He even announced that bilingual education would, for the first time, be recognized and bilingual teachers recruited in French public schools. This hope has turned out to be shortlived, mere lip service paid to the lofty ideal of national diversity. The reality is that for Paris today, just as before, the Frenchification of the North of France can’t go fast enough. The Flemish instruction books of the French Lille Academy will end up on the local flea market. It is exceedingly curious how the French authorities hold to their historical prejudices and see the Flemish-French not in the way they see other French citizens but as a threat to the integrity of France. Yet there is this blind spot to Arabs, for whom no official bow is too low. It looks very like a political insanity … unless there is an explanation in the deliberate use of immigrants and immigrant cultures to nullify or cleanse Flemish-France (a policy of the Belgian government, dominated by Walloon socialists, towards Brussels, an historical Flemish city). There is a Flemish-French resistance. Régis De Mol, president of the aforementioned Flemish Regional Alliance of France, refuses to extol the liberal wonders of African genes in Flemish-French society. He is sanguine about the prospect, comparing the situation to Ireland. The majority in Ireland only speaks English but an Irishman stays forever an Irishman. The same in France: their Flemish language may be stolen but the Flemish of France will continue to call themselves Flemish. Earlier De Mol asked Paris for a regional legislative parliament, to reside in the historical building of the first Flemish parliament in Douai (see here and here). The original parliament dates from 1714, but it fell victim to the French Revolution. De Mol must know he will never get a straight answer. The latest development at the Lille Academy tells him everything he needs to know about the goodwill of Monsieur le Président de la République. Posted by Johan Van Vlaams on Friday, September 8, 2006 at 06:33 AM in European Nationalism Comments:2
Posted by Matra on September 08, 2006, 02:10 PM | # Sadly France has a long history of suppressing regional linguistic minorities. They’ve almost succeeded in killing the Celtic language of Brittany which will not last another generation. I’d be curious to know if the speakers of Flemish, Occitan, the Breton language, and other native minorities have formed alliances against Paris. 3
Posted by Alex Zeka on September 08, 2006, 03:00 PM | # The suppression of the Occitan language is not solely the concern of Euro nationalists such as ourselves. As this article shows (http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2006/09/06/the_lost_tongue_of_provence.html), in what some might term the rerun of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the lily-liberal Guardian expresses its concern about much the same thing as us, even going so far as to term it Parisian imperialism. What gives? Are Celts considered ‘honorary blacks’ (as Sein Fein refers to their own, Celtic people) or has some hapless Guardian hack accidentally stumbled on to a WN insight? 4
Posted by Johan Van Vlaams on September 11, 2006, 05:50 AM | # Matra, I haven’t made a study about this, but at least here on the web-site of the Flemish Alliance of France one can see some links (in French) to activists in other regions: http://www.alliance-regionale.org/10-Divers/Liens.htm , so at least they know each other. But up to now, they didn’t build up the same powerful political resistance such as the Flemish in Belgium did. I even think the Flemish in France for their salvation look more to the Flemish in Belgium and hope for a possible future independence of Belgian Flanders than that they look to the other minorities in France itself. 5
Posted by Johan Van Vlaams on September 12, 2006, 04:03 AM | # Confirmation. In today’s article from the quality newspaper De Standaard, see (in Dutch) http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=B342327060911 , we read that Flemish regional minister-president Leterme (the one who is addressed in the article by the Flemish Alliance of France) and his minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Bourgeois, yesterday went to Lille in France for discussions with local authorities trying to counter the decision from Paris to abolish the training of Dutch teachers in South Flanders. BTW, meanwhile is confirmed that the decision from Paris to stop the language training of Dutch teachers opposes the actual popular success of Dutch in South Flanders for job reasons. So other considerations by Paris must be involved… 6
Posted by Johan Van Vlaams on September 12, 2006, 04:28 AM | # And in South Flanders (France) it is a five stars news item: La Voix du Nord - Edition de Dunkerque - Mardi 12 septembre 2006 Yves Leterme : première visite officielle du premier ministre belge de Flandre : La Voix du Nord 7
Posted by Johan Van Vlaams on September 12, 2006, 08:27 AM | # Promises made Meanwhile important political representatives (I see Pierre Mauroy, former prime-minister of France, and Michel Delebarre among them) of the North of France have been encouraged by Flemish minister-president Yves Leterme, and meanwhile also have promised, to intervene in Paris at the Ministry of Education concerning the abolished Dutch teacher training at the Lille Academy, see As other important economic files are involved (traffic issues by road, water and tram are Flemish competence - such as you can read, even the grand Seine-North Canal) doors might open up in Paris. 8
Posted by Armor on January 05, 2009, 07:22 PM | # Flemish nationalists in France had better imitate the Corsicans: January 5th, 2009 - Separatist Group Threatens Corsica’s Regional Government AJACCIO (AFP)—Corsican separatist militants issued a threat against the Mediterranean island’s regional government Monday and claimed a string of minor bomb attacks against symbols of French rule. (There isn’t a Corsican government, there is only a local assembly full of politicians co-opted by the French system. It has a very limited power.) Next entry: Perverse multiculturalism Previous entry: School sports not quite dead yet |
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Posted by Johan Van Vlaams on September 08, 2006, 08:00 AM | #
January 18, 2006 the French newspaper « La Voix du Nord » wrote a feature titled : L’apprentissage du néerlandais sur une voie de garage (in English: Dutch language teaching in a blind alley).
In an area of 30 to 60 km around, Dutch is needed for half of the job vacancies. Unfortunately Paris turns a deaf ear to it. It looks as if Paris is more impressed by young Arab arsonists and their cultural demands than by good local law-abiding Flemish citizens who are looking for a job.