Question

Chapter- Power Sharing

Q- Describe the tension that existed between the Dutch and the French - speaking people in Belgium.​

Answer 1

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The minority French-speaking community was relatively rich and powerful. This made the Dutch speaking community angry who got the benefit of economic development and education much later.

The social disparity between Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities during the 1950s and 1960s led to tensions between them. The tension between the two communities was more acute in Brussels with a Special problem. It is said that the dutch speaking people constituted a majority in the country, but a minority in the capital.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The economic inequality between the Dutch speaking and French-speaking was the basic cause of tension. (ii) The French-speaking community who was in minority was relatively rich and powerful whereas the Dutch-speaking community who was in majority was poor.