The Belgian Tetris 3.0: how metaphors can differently influence the Flemish and Francophone political minds

Belgian federalism is all about identity/community divide: media system, party system, government formation, etc. This has caused many political gridlocks over the past years, and even decades. The identity cleavage appears to remain at the top of the agenda with the success of the N-VA. Yet, something has changed with the new leader: its discourses changed: they are nationalist not with flag, but with calculator (expliquer: prendre metaphor du Junkie). This change is also part of the re-born of N-VA (see Beyens, Stefanie, Kris Deschouwer, Emilie van Haute, and Tom Verthé. 2015) This explains... Mehr ...