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Poland will have a queen again [75]
Speaking from a Belgian perspective, here a king is the best solution.
I am a republican from heart, am voting for the moderate Flemish nationalists all my life (biggest party in Flanders), am all in favour of Flemish independence.
But at the moment there is no democratic majority in Belgium which supports the split-up of the country, so this has to be accepted.
So, as long as Belgium will keep existing as a country, a constitutional monarchy is the best option. A president would be highly decisive. He would be the president of the Flemish, or the Walloons, but neither of both. Each one of his decisions would be contested by the other part of the population.
And I am not certain a presidency would cost less.
The Belgian royal family costs the the taxpayer around 14,2 million Euro per year directly (paid out to them to enable to do their work properly) + 16,8 million Euro indirectly.
(Security alone costs 14,5 million Euro). Together 31 million Euro, which boils down to roughly 3 Euro per Belgian citizen per year. I doubt a president would cost less.
I cannot compare to the UK, because I do not know the situation there.
