Finally,
after a world record 530-plus days of negotiations, Elio Di Rupo is on the cusp
of leading his first Belgian government.
Now comes a
big challenge - communicating with the majority of Belgians in their own tongue
in this linguistically divided nation.
The
French-speaking Socialist has spent much of is life ensconced among 4.5 million
French-speakers in southern Belgium. Up until now, he has had only an
elementary need for Dutch, the language spoken by the country's 6.5 million
Flemish in the north.
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