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The French minority community was relatively robust and rich in Belgium in the 1950s/60s.

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The French minority community was relatively robust and rich in Belgium in the 1950s/60s. French-speaking minorities have benefited from economic development for many reasons. Moreover, the French-speaking community were in the majority in the capital city of Brussels, where all the power was concentrated. Thus, they reaped the benefits of economic development early on. Belgium is a small European country with over 1 million inhabitants and complex ethnic groups. About 59% of the population speaks Dutch, 40% speaks French, and 1% speaks German. The French community is a minority in the country but the majority in Brussels. As frustrations among the Dutch-speaking majority grew due to the dominance of the French-speaking minority in the 1950s/60s, Belgium arranged a power-sharing mechanism where all were represented equally.

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