What were the main causes of …

Belgium a nation in Europe with complex ethnicity has two community in majority one is a Dutch-speaking community with over 59% population, and they lives in Flemish region, and another 40 % population speaks French and lives in Wallonia region, and the rest 1 % speaks German. The capital of Belgium is Brussels, the community in the majority here is French with 80% population while rest is Dutch.

The two main causes of resentment were:

(a) The French community that was in minority were rich and powerful compared to the Dutch who were in majority because the Dutch got the benefits of education much later than the French.

(b) Although the Dutch were in the majority in the country, they were in the minority in capital, i.e. Brussels.

The conflict was solved as follows:

• According to its Constitution, the Dutch and the French-speaking minister should be an equal number in the central government. Hence no single community can make the decision unilaterally.
• Some of the powers of the central government are transferred to the State government. Hence the state government is not the subordinate of the central government.
• Brussels, the capital of Belgium, has its government where both the Dutch and French community have equal representation.

• 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-60s.
• The conflict was solved through an agreement that dutch should also have the same no. Of people and powers in the center.