Assertion (A): The tension between the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities was more acute in Brussels.

Reason (R): There was no problem in Brussels.

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Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is True but (R) is False.

(A) is False but (R) is True.

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Statement (A) is True but statement (R) is False.
In Brussels, there was greater hostility between the Dutch and French-speaking populations. The fact that Dutch speakers made up a majority in the country but a minority in the capital made the conflict in Brussels particularly intense during the 1950s and 1960s. The minority French-speaking population was comparatively wealthy and influential. The Dutch-speaking community resented it as they only benefited from economic development and education much later. The primary cause of the conflict was the economic gap between Dutch and French-speaking people.

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