Only during the period when Burundi used the Belgian Congo franc were centime coins issued.

History The franc became the currency of Burundi in 1916, when Belgium occupied the former Germany colony and replaced the German East African rupie with the Belgian Congo franc.

The franc was introduced at par with the French franc.

Decolonizing the Franc Zone

Initial planning in 1991 called for a Belgian led corps with 2 or 4 Belgian brigades, a German brigade, and possibly a U.S. brigade.

The franc is the currency of French Polynesia.

Another devaluation of the CFA franc today might deflate France s debts to the franc zone and boost its African based export industries, but it would worsen the franc zone countries miseries.

Demographics Almost all of the Belgian population is urban 97 in 2004.

Even Switzerland is intervening to weaken the franc.

The petition is an initiative of the Belgian Republican Society (Republikeinse Kring CRK).

History The franc became the currency of Rwanda in 1916, when Belgium occupied the previously German colony and the Belgian Congo franc replaced the German East African rupie.

Since 1945, it has been part of the CFP franc.

The Chairman observed that there seemed to be little support for the position taken by the Belgian delegation.

But the franc zone countries did not fare nearly so well.

Now he considers it the best currency in the world.

The franc zone s plight is being compounded by distorted and dysfunctional economic and monetary policies.

Swiss Francs by Flickr user Jim (CC BY NC SA 2.0).

In 1999, the Euro was introduced to replace the French franc.

The franc zone is, in fact, an appendage of the French economy.

More appalling is the fact that France guarantees the CFA franc s free convertibility into hard currency, originally on the condition that all 15 Franc Zone countries surrender 100 of their foreign reserves to the French Treasury.

It also prohibited Belgian nationals from engaging in recruitment abroad.

This gap should encourage the franc zone s member countries to reject their relationship with France.

The CFA franc issued by two sub regional central banks (BCEAO and BEAC) are not interchangeable.

It was the largest plunge of the franc ever against the euro.

On January 1, 2008, the franc was valued at 1,129.40 per US dollar.

It is responsible for Swiss monetary policy and for issuing Swiss franc banknotes.

From September, the Belgian army was involved in the Allied offensive until the final victory of 11 November 1918.

From the end of World War II until the adoption of the euro, France devalued its own franc 14 times in order to bolster competiveness and exports, with the CFA franc devalued along with it each time.

This is in accordance with article 193 (originally 125) of the Belgian Constitution The Belgian nation takes red, yellow and black as colours, and as state coat of arms the Belgian lion with the motto UNITY MAKES STRENGTH .

He assured the Belgian delegation that when drafting the commentary the Secretariat would be guided by the reports of the Working Group and the comments of the Commission.

The second way implies a thorough overhaul of the system. This would entail pegging the CFA franc not only to the euro, but also to a basket of other currencies, abolishing the fixed exchange rate and the CFA franc s convertibility, and fast tracking economic integration.

The IMF s first two managing directors, the Belgian Camille Gutt and the Swede Ivar Rooth, were both weak figures.

But France s woes are also being felt far beyond its borders, sparking rumors of a possible devaluation of the CFA franc, the common currency of the franc zone, which comprises 14 African countries and the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean.

Former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt was right when he spoke of the treaty as a set of footnotes.

His Belgian colleague, Filip Dewinter, represents a Flemish nationalist party tainted by wartime collaboration with the Nazis.

France may not like it, but the best interests of the franc zone s citizens should come first.

Back in the 1950 s, the founding nations foreign ministers promptly turned to their Belgian colleague, Paul Henri Spaak, for fresh proposals.

It's a duty for me to respect all individuals without discrimination, should I be one of the torturers? I confess I am tempted to say no, but in these cases, are all the necessary discernment, the vision of reality, still there?

In an interview with Belgium's De Afspraak, Omari said the strange feeling of empathy extended to other politicians

The CFA franc was sharply devalued in 1994, and outstanding debts were reduced.

There is no easy answer. But it is time for the franc zone s two leading regional groupings the West African Economic and Monetary Union and the Central African Economic and Monetary Community to begin playing a decisive role in overhauling the franc zone s architecture.

On the monetary front, the CFA Franc Zone s member countries dismantled the federal structure that united them during French occupation and erected trade barriers instead. The CFA franc issued by two sub regional central banks (BCEAO and BEAC) are not interchangeable.

The Belgian Army gained nuclear capability in the 1950s with Honest John missiles initially and then with nuclear capable tube artillery.

The country presentation on Belgium explained how the right to development was integrated into Belgian international cooperation for development.

It is time for franc zone leaders to break the cycle and chart effective national development strategies for their countries.