Question

story of Belgium class 10​

Answer 1

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Ethnic composition of Belgium

✯ The Ethnic composition of this small country is very complex.

✯ 59 percent lives in Flemish region and speaks Dutch language.

✯ Remaining 1 percent of the Belgians speak German.

✯ In the capital city Brussels, 80 percent people speak French while 20 percent are dutch speaking.

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Power sharing arrangement in Belgium.

✷ Between 1970 and 1993, they amended their constitution four times so as to work out an

arrangement that would enable everyone to live together with in the same country.

✷ Constitution prescribes that the number of Dutch and French speaking ministers shall be equal in the

central govt. Some special laws require the support of majority of members from each linguistic group.

Thus, no single community can make decisions unilaterally.

✷ The state govt. are not subordinate to the central govt.

✷ Brussels has a separate govt. in which both the communities have equal representation.

✷ A part from central and state govt, there is a third kind of govt. This community government is elected

by people belonging to one language community .Dutch, French and German speaking-no matter, where

they live. This govt. has the power regarding cultural, educational and language related issues.

Conclusion:

When many countries of Europe came together to form the European union, Brussels was chosen as its

headquaters. The state govt. are not subordinate to the central govt.

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Causes of tension between French and Dutch speaking people.

･۝･ The minority French speaking community was relatively rich and powerful.

･۝･ This was resented by the Dutch speaking community who got the benefit of economic development

and education much later.

･۝･ This led to tension between the Dutch speaking and French speaking communities during the 1950s

and 1960s.

･۝･ Dutch speaking people constituted a majority in the country, but a minority in the capital.

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