Eeklo is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders.

It remained in the coalition of all five Flemish provinces and in three quarters of the municipalities.

This nullified the monolingual status of Brussels and the Flemish provinces.

Voting was by regional juries in the five Flemish provinces of Belgium, alongside a professional jury.

The citizens in the Flemish provinces sought to be treated by the authorities in their Dutch language.

It is located in the Flemish province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek.

As in all Flemish provinces, the official and standard language of the Antwerp province is Dutch.

The five stars surrounding the lion were meant to denote the five Flemish provinces.

Flemish provinces each have up to two TV channels as well.

The changes made to the arms of the Flemish provinces as a result of this decision, are not reflected in the great seal either.