In this photo released by the Belgian Prime Ministers Office, Belgium's King Albert II, right and his son Prince Philippe listen to comments prior to the King signing the Act of Abdication during a ceremony at the Palace of the Nation in Brussels on Sunday, July 21, 2013. Philippe will take the oath before parliament to become Belgium's seventh king after his father Albert II abdicated as the head of this fractured nation. Earlier Sunday, the 79-year-old Albert signed away his rights as the kingdom's largely ceremonial ruler at the royal palace in the presence of Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo, who holds the political power in this 183-year-old parliamentary democracy. AP Photo/Belgium Prime Ministers Office, HO In this photo released by the Belgian Prime Ministers Office, Belgium's King Albert II, left, signs the Act of Abdication as Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo, right, looks on during a ceremony at the Palace of the Nation in Brussels on Sunday, July 21, 2013. Belgium's Prince Philippe will take the oath before parliament to become Belgium's seventh king after his father Albert II abdicated as the head of this fractured nation. People hold balloons in the Belgian colors and carry a Facebook inspired banner of Belgium's Prince Philippe as they stand outside St. Gudule cathedral in Brussels on Sunday, July 21, 2013. AP Photo/Ezequiel Scagnetti Well, it's mainly about money: The Dutch-speaking Flemings argue that their prosperous region has for decades been economically propping up the more impoverished French-speaking Wallonia.