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The annextion of Belgium Luxembourg (BL) are going to have interesting consequencies. BL is home to a third of Wallons population, which will mean that the population of Flandern is now in majority, this is somewhat offset by the Francophone elite in Flanders, but some of the bitterness from the Flemish is going to stay or even increase, I could see Brussel staying Flemish thanks to lowered Francophone immigration, higher Flemish emigration and a stronger Flemish nationalism, we can end up with a Belgium which is 80% Flemish instead of 60%.....

The effect on Luxembourg is goint just as big the Wallons is now in majority in Luxembourg, but they lack the pro-French linguistic elite of Belgium, which could mean that Wallon would evolve into a distinct language in Luxembourg, like Luxembourgish has done in OTL.
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