Student Corner

Student Corner: debate on the political situation in Belgium

Summary

We had a discussion about the current political situation in Belgium in which everyone had to take the role of one of the important persons in our political world. It was interesting and fun because the most of us had to be a person that did not match to their favourite one, and they had to use his political views in a discussion to try to solve the problems that our country has right now. By defending the opinion from someone that not corresponds to your personal preference, you can more easily understand what they’re saying and this is really a good experience. I think it made us all think more universal about the problems our country faces, and not just how we think about it personally. This was really good for the debate that we had about all different topics that cause problems in Belgium. Maybe this should even be a good exercise for the politicians, that should ensure that they would better understand the several points of view of the other politicians.

Opinion

I really liked the topic about Belgium because I think we still can say, even more than a month after the discussion, that it’s still very actual and ‘hot’ to discuss about. And for me especially it was really interesting because I’m from Flanders and with the actual political situation it’s interesting to have the real opinion from the other side of our little country, I know I study here in Wallonia but the actual political situation is not really a hip topic to discuss about And what is the most striking for me is that the situation we see on the news and in the papers is totally different compared to the real situation between Flemish people and Walloon people right here. The thing I notice is that the real situation is totally different to the political situation, the contrast between Flemings and Walloons is really a lot bigger in politics than it is in real life, so we receive a false bad impression of the people...