1.
GV DEMONSTRATORS WITH BANNERS THROUGH STREETS.
0.05

2.
GV DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING.
0.09

3.
GV DEMONSTRATORS WITH FLAG.
0.13

4.
GV DEMONSTRATORS WITH BANNERS.
0.17

5.
MV DEMONSTRATORS.
0.21

6.
MV BANNER HELD BY DEMONSTRATORS.
0.24

7.
GV DEMONSTRATORS WITH ARMS LINKED.
0.28

8.
TV DEMONSTRATORS.
0.35

9.
LV DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING.
0.41



Initials PGR/S/CR/LW



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Background: IN ANTWERP TODAY (SUNDAY), A DEMONSTRATION BY THOUSANDS OF FLEMISH NATIONALISTS - LATEST EPISODE IN THE BITTER LANGUAGE WAR BETWEEN BELGIUM'S FLEMINGS AND THE FRENCH-SPEAKING WALLOONS.

THE DEMONSTRATORS MARCHED THROUGH THE CITY'S RAIN-DRENCHED STREETS, DEMANDING A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GREATER POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS FOR THE COUNTRY'S FIVE MILLION FLEMINGS.

AMONG BANNERS THEY CARRIED WERE SEVERAL CALLING FOR "CULTURAL AUTONOMY," "A FEDERAL BELGIUM IN A FEDERAL EUROPE," "FLEMISH CONTROL OF INDUSTRY," AND "ELECTORAL REFORM."
(A SMALL GROUP OF BELGIUM'S FOUR MILLION WALLOONS STAGED A COUNTER DEMONSTRATION IN ANTWERP TODAY, DEMANDING UNION THROUGH FEDERALISM AND STRUCTURAL REFORMS.THEY WERE DEMONSTRATING IN A PRIVATE CAPACITY WITHOUT OFFICIAL BACKING FROM THEIR OWN POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS.