08 SEP 2010

By Ian Sparks | Daily Mail

Belgium  faces being 'broken up and abolished', one of the country's leading politicians has warned.

Socialist MP Laurette Onkelinx believes the animosity between the country's two main regions could trigger a split.

She spoke as King Albert II struggled to kick-start coalition talks between the state parliaments of the French-speaking Wallonia and Dutch-speaking Flanders regions.

Ms Onkelinx said: 'People must get ready for the break-up of Belgium.

'Let's hope it doesn't come to that because if we split, it will be the weakest who will pay the heaviest price.

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