Editing Zeelandic Flanders (section)

==Disputes with Belgium==
As Zeelandic Flanders was historically part of Flanders, demands and plans to annex it have been made by Belgian politicians on multiple occasions.

A famous example was when [[Leopold II of belgium|Leopold II]] made plans to invade the Netherlands before he became king. He also planned to annex [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], and had spies gain information on the Dutch military. He decided to abolish his plans after contacting [[France]], who did not support it{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}.

Another famous occasion was shortly after [[World War I]]. Belgium once again claimed both Zeelandic Flanders and Limburg, this time as a reconciliation.{{clarify|date=January 2022}} Even though the Netherlands was neutral in the war, Belgium felt the neutrality was a sign of support for Germany and suspected the Netherlands of collaborating with them.