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What are the main languages spoken in Belgium?
What are the main languages spoken in Belgium?
Dutch, French, German
What percentage of the Belgian population lives in the Flemish region?
What percentage of the Belgian population lives in the Flemish region?
59%
What was the main cause of tension between the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities in Belgium?
What was the main cause of tension between the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities in Belgium?
Resentment of the rich and powerful French-speaking community by the Dutch-speaking community
Which city in Belgium presented a special problem due to its linguistic divide?
Which city in Belgium presented a special problem due to its linguistic divide?
During which decades did tensions between Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities escalate in Belgium?
During which decades did tensions between Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities escalate in Belgium?
What percentage of the Belgian population speaks French?
What percentage of the Belgian population speaks French?
In which region of Belgium do 59% of the population speak Dutch?
In which region of Belgium do 59% of the population speak Dutch?
What percentage of the people in Brussels speak French?
What percentage of the people in Brussels speak French?
What percentage of the Belgians speak German?
What percentage of the Belgians speak German?
What was the main reason for tensions between Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities in the 1950s and 1960s?
What was the main reason for tensions between Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities in the 1950s and 1960s?
Which community in Belgium benefitted later from economic development and education?
Which community in Belgium benefitted later from economic development and education?
What was unique about the linguistic divide in Brussels compared to the rest of Belgium?
What was unique about the linguistic divide in Brussels compared to the rest of Belgium?
