One of Belgium's most popular actors has called on his countrymen to grow beards to protest a political stalemate that has left the country without a full government.
Benoit Poelvoorde made a television appeal to "Let your beard grow to show solidarity", following a seven-month deadlock over enacting more self-rule for Dutch-speaking Flanders and Francophone Wallonia.
Beards for solidarity
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