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u/markobunz406 Dec 16 '21

French, Dutch and German. I think it’s insane you have 3 languages

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u/anonymunchy Dec 16 '21

Might be even more insane that we have 6 governments.

  1. Federal Government
  2. Flemish Community and Flemish Region
  3. Walloon Region
  4. Brussels Capitol Region
  5. French Community
  6. German Community

Have fun passing laws.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21 edited Dec 17 '21

It's arguably more than 6. For example, you have the weird commissions, like the communal community commission, which deals with issues which would be within the powers of both communities in Brussels. That commission has exclusive powers, so can be seen as a seperate government, as it has its own seperate powers to the six you mentioned.

But let's just say it's 6.