Question

What was the status of state government in comparison to
the central government in Belgium?

Answer 1

Brussels is the capital of Belgium.

In Belgium the ethnic composition comprised of French,German and DutchTo avoid any conflicts between the ethnic groups ,the constitution was amended 4 times:

• The state government was not subordinate to the central government I.e the central goverment cannot question the state government for its action.
• The number of french speaking and dutch speaking were equal In the central goverment.sime special law required the consent from both the community.Thus , no community could make decision unilaterally.
• Many powers of central government were given to the state goverment.
• Brussels had a separate goverment in which both the communities had equal representation .This was so because the dutch speaking had accepted equal representation of communities at the centre.
• There was also a third form of government , namely the community government which was elected by a single community only.
• It had power regarding cultural,language and educational issues.

Answer 2

State govt. Was to look for a seperate society  i.e. french speaking or germans.