Nigel Farage: 'Belgium is not a nation'

Nigel Farage, former Ukip leader, tells the European parliament that 'Belgium is not a nation, it's an artificial construct' in response to a speech championing the European project by the prime minister of Belgium, Charles Michel. In response, Michel told MEPs: 'Britain took his advice, and look how well that is going'

The Guardian YouTube network:

[bconn]

Belgium - "a country invented by the British to annoy the French" Charles de Gaulle.

[alex-svru]

"Belgium is not a nation, its an artificial creation"

Hey, that rhymes!

[willoliver]

Two halves of the country that dislike each other intensely? Sounds familiar

[aperson]

Isn’t the UK an artificial construction? _Four_ separate parts that speak different languages and intensely dislike each other.

[HC_]

Doesn't he realise that every nation is an artificial construct?

[jmasters]

At least Belgium has one football team rather than having 4

[sanidhyasemwal]

"Belgium is a not a nation its an artificial creation"
Thats a hard bar ngl

[Ghaltouni]

Let's ask Ireland and Scotland about how natural the UK is

[ProductofWit]

Being a Belgian myself, Nigel Farage is saying aloud what I think but cannot say aloud without ostracism.

[AndrewVasirov]

Despite the irony, he is right.
Belgium is basically country which used to be part of the Netherlands, half of it speaks French and was created by the British as a "buffer state" between France and Prussia/Germany. And it was really a buffer state, Germany went through Belgium every time they wanted to invade France.
The word "Belgium" comes from a Roman province named after the people who inhabited that region. It has the same etymology as the Dutch word "verbolgen, " which can be translated to "angry." Yeah, the Belgians are quite angry at each other. :)

[stevetaylor]

So there we have from Mr Faredge's own lips that he is in favour of Scottish independence, the independence of Wales & the reunification of Ireland. At last, there will be four nation states in these islands.
Never, ever thought I'd agree with this fella.

[simeonsimov]

Dude, every nation is artificial creation

[thestreetsiscold]

As soon as Farage mentions ”look at the election results” the guy in the back stopped laughing😂

[mcaddicts]

But Scotland can't leave its artificial creation.

[koenstrobbe]

England, a country where french was the language spoken at courts for like 300 years and has more french words than old english words.

[Stringman]

I love Nigel’s courage under withering fire. The guy has a spine of steel.

[LeoCalonder]

lmao what does Farage think about switzerland?
4 different languages

[arnaudmoureau]

I’m from belgium and I approve this message

[SB-qmwg]

If only there were more Brits with his courage. Sadly, there is not...just cows following the other cows.

[maskassmario]

As a Belgian is can confirm he's right.