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language questions

10 QUESTIONS

 

  1. Which language is spoken in Belgium?
  2. In which language can I contact the authorities?
  3. Which language is taught at school?
  4. What language is spoken in companies and hospitals?
  5. How can I keep abreast of current events in Belgium?
  6. Why is Belgium not just bilingual?
  7. Why do the Flemish people hold so strongly to the monolingualism in the Vlaamse Rand?
  8. Why do the municipalities in the Vlaamse Rand around Brussels continue to be Flemish, even when they are inhabited by a majority of foreign speakers?
  9. Why is Brussels bilingual when only a minority of Dutch speakers live there?
  10. Why does Flanders refuse to ratify the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities?