This year marks exactly 170 years since official Belgium first acknowledged that linguistic inequality in the country was problematic, by establishing a ‘Flemish Grievance Commission’. To understand why this happened, we must go back to the founding of Belgium in 1830.
In theory, the constitution guaranteed linguistic freedom, but in practice, French was the official national language from the creation of the Belgian state. That was the direct …
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This year marks exactly 170 years since official Belgium first acknowledged that linguistic inequality in the country was problematic, by establishing a ‘Flemish Grievance Commission’. To understand why this happened, we must go back to the founding of Belgium in 1830.
In theory, the constitution guaranteed linguistic freedom, but in practice, French was the official national language from the creation of the Belgian state. That was the direct …