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The French-speaking people formed the majority in Belgium but the minority in Brussels.

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The above statement is False.
French and Dutch speakers make up the majority of the population in Belgium. The region of Wallonia has a high concentration of French speakers, who make up around 40% of the overall population. About 59% of the population are Dutch speakers, making up the majority community. They mostly live in the Flemish region. Only a very small portion of people are German speakers. In the nation's capital, Brussels, the circumstance is special. Here, the majority language is French, spoken by about 80% population, and the minority language is Dutch which is spoken by about 20%.
Thus, the correct statement would be that The French-speaking people formed the majority in Brussels but the minority in the rest of Belgium.

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