Author: Hanne Cokelaere

BRUSSELS — Politics is stuck in traffic. Ahead of municipal elections in Brussels on Sunday, a feud between the capital’s French and Dutch-speaking parties is threatening to unravel a delicate political compromise needed to govern the city. At the heart is a clash over a plan to cut car pollution. The tipping point came earlier this month when local lawmakers voted to delay tighter pollution limits for cars driving into the traffic-clogged Belgian capital that were originally due to take effect in January. A French-speaking majority passed the decision, brushing aside a Dutch-speaking minority and triggering an impasse in ongoing…

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