Greater Dutch Movement and Variants
Narrowly defined, the "Greater Netherlands" refers to an aspiration for the unification of the Netherlands and Flanders. This ideology, also known as "Dutch reunification", bases itself on the fact that the Dutch and Dutch-speaking Belgians (known as the Flemish) share a common history, culture, and language. It emphasizes that a new state unifying most of the Dutch speakers in Europe would create a more powerful political and economic bloc.
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