LONDON ¨C There was a time when Belgium was at Europe¡¯s vanguard. It was the second country in the world to industrialize, the founder of art deco and surrealism, and a producer of Nobel scientists who discovered ¡ª among other things ¡ª the God particle.
I was born and bred in this country, but I fear we are now trailblazing a much less positive path for Europe.
Although the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for Tuesday¡¯s terrorist attacks in Brussels, they were also symptoms of a profoundly Belgian failure. The institutions of a well-policed and efficiently governed state have been evaporating for decades.
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