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Dec 29, 2023 · Might Flanders have moved toward a society in which Flemish/Dutch was the language of administration and business, yet where the French-speaking minority enjoyed wide-ranging rights?
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Dec 29, 2023 · Despite reports from the Council of Europe in 1998 and 2002 that recommended the extension of minority rights to the French-speakers of Flanders, no such action is likely to be taken by the Belgian state in the foreseeable future.
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Apr 20, 2011 · As a result, there is an important French-speaking minority in most municipalities around Brussels. In some municipalities the foreign-speaking residents are even in the majority. The figures speak for themselves: one in five residents of the 19 Flemish municipalities around Brussels is estimated to be of foreign origin.
Dec 29, 2023 · The French-speaking “minority” is the “cement of [Belgian] national unity” which has managed to keep Flanders and Wallonia together not only through the use of a common language but also through business and marital relations with Wallonia.
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French Flanders (French: Flandre française [flɑ̃dʁ(ə) fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; Dutch: Frans-Vlaanderen; West Flemish: Frans-Vloandern) is a part of the historical County of Flanders, where Flemish—a Low Franconian dialect cluster of Dutch—was (and to some extent, still is) traditionally spoken.
Nov 13, 2022 · ABSTRACT. When Belgium was founded in 1830 French was the de facto dominant and prestigious language while Dutch indexed inferiority. This article argues how the marginalization of Flemings, i.e. Belgian speakers of Dutch, can be understood as a form of racialization and how Flemish emancipation was also contingent on the Belgian colonial ...
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In this article I address a number of recent controversial language-related incidents and ideological statements regarding the use of French in the public sphere by Flemish nationalist aldermen in two Flemish towns.
