Question

What lead to ethnic tension in Belgium? Why was it more acute in Brussels

Answer 1

The uneven distribution of power to french and dutch speakers


Because french form minority in countey but majority in brussels

Answer 2

⇒ The economic inequality between the Dutch speaking and French speaking was the basic cause of tension.

⇒ The issues of majoritarianism and financial preference led to the tensions between the Dutch and the French speaking communities in Belgium during 1950s and 1960s.

⇒ At the capital city of Brussels, the French speaking community was relatively rich and powerful and used to get the economic and educational benefit.

⇒ This was the recented by the Dutch speaking community which led to the tension between the two communities of Brussels.