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Une nouvelle carte de l’Europe tres interessante… ou les pays europeens sont redistribues en fonction de leur histoire (plus ou moins) recente, et ou la Republique tcheque et la Belgique echangent leur place!

People who find their neighbours tiresome can move to another neighbourhood, whereas countries can’t. But suppose they could. Rejigging the map of Europe would make life more logical and friendlier.

Redrawing the map: The European map is outdated and illogical. Here’s how it should look (The Economist, 29 April 2010). Voir aussi la video correspondante sur le blog: Eastern Approaches.

Belgium’s incomprehensible Flemish-French language squabbles (which have just brought down a government) are redolent of central Europe at its worst, especially the nonsenses Slovakia thinks up for its Hungarian-speaking ethnic minority. So Belgium should swap places with the Czech Republic. The stolid, well-organised Czechs would get on splendidly with their new Dutch neighbours, and vice versa.

Pour d’autres cartes plus ou moins originales, voir l’article… « Cartes« .