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Belgium braces for the battle for Brussels
By BARBARA MOENS and ELLEN BOONEN in Brussels
As Flemish nationalism surges, so do questions about the future of the capital.
- Politico
From the outside, the excursion looks like nothing more than a bike tour on an unusually sunny afternoon.
A guide leads about a dozen cyclists along leafy side streets in the north of the Belgian capital, pointing out schools, playgrounds and public transportation toward the city center.
“I miss being in a real city,” said one of the participants, who now lives in the nearby city of Mechelen but commutes to Brussels every day.
The outing also has another, expressly political, purpose.
Partly funded by the…