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  • What led to tensions between the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities in Belgium during the 1950s and 1960s? Where was this tension more acute, and why?

What led to tensions between the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities in Belgium during the 1950s and 1960s? Where was this tension more acute, and why?

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  • The minority French-speaking community in Belgium 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 tensions between the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities during the 1950s and 1960s.

This tension between the two communities was more acute in Brussels. It was so, because, the Dutch-speaking people constituted majority in the country, but minority in the capital, i.e. Brussels.

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