I'm very Belgian, and I will die Belgian. I just have my house in the north of France because I began my career in Paris, even though I don't live there anymore.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My parents are both Belgian-born, and so am I, actually.
My parents are both Belgian-born, and so am I, actually. I'm bilingual, so I had experience with French.
I am and will remain a tax resident in France and in this regard I will, like all French people, fulfill my fiscal obligations.
I feel more European than Belgian. However I do think that my Flemish roots have an impact on my character and culture.
If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France.
I'm ready to become a French person amongst French people, and more than ever I have the love for my country deeply ingrained in my heart.
It's really a drag to sit around when you're old, and think, 'Ah, gee, I never went to France.' Go to France. Life is very short; you've got to pack it all in there.
My parents, of Belgian-German extraction, were Belgian nationals who had taken refuge in England during the war. They returned to Belgium in 1920, and I grew up in the cosmopolitan harbour city of Antwerp, at a time when education in the Flemish part of the country was still half French and half Flemish.
I don't live in France; I live in myself.
I always knew I would live in France.