[quote=The Nexerus]
Belgium hasn't been alive very long to begin with, as it's only 1864. There are Flemish independence movements to this day, so I don't think it's unreasonable for many of the people of Flanders to support Dutch reunification in this time period.
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Yes I'm from Belgium and no I'm not complaining, but I'm just giving my input, don't worry ;)

Afaik at that time the poorer folks spoke mostly Dutch and might welcome rejoining the Dutch, but especially the French-speaking elite who owned and controlled much of the Belgian industrial landscape will resist heavily against Dutch rule. As shown before their protests/rebellion had incited the entire populance to rebel against the Dutch, and I think that just because of their relatively short-lived independance a quasi-seamless reconquest will go unopposed.

I understand that the Dutch intend to restore the 'Industrial South, Trading North' program of before the Belgian Independance, but I don't think that that will have much succes unless you force the French-speaking elite out of their rich positions, which will undoubtedly create a lot of bad blood in other bourgeosie elites in all of Europe.

Unless ofcourse I'm not getting the point of what the Dutch are doing atm.