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1. ACCOMMODATION ADOPTED IN
(BELGIUM)
By
MRINAL DWIVEDI
X-A

2. Point tobe discuss
• Power sharing in Belgium
• Accommodation in Belgium

3. POWER SHARING IN :
l BELGIUM

4. Belgium
• Belgium is a small country in
Europe,
• smaller in area than the state of
• Haryana. It has borders with
• Netherlands, France and
Germany. It
• has a population of a little over
one
• crore, about half the population of
• Haryana

5. Division of Population
Flemish (Dutch speaking): 59%
Wallonia (French speaking): 40%
Remaining 1 % speak German.
In the capital city Brussels, 80%
people speak French, while the
rest speak Dutch

6. Communities & Regions of Belgium
Brussels –
Capital Region –
Dutch were a
Minority
Wallonia –
40% - French –
Rich & Powerful
Flemish – 59%
- Dutch –
benefit of
education and
economic
development.
German – 1%

7. Power Sharing
by
Accommodation
in
Belgium

8. Engross.i
n Reasons for tension between the two
communities
•The minority French
were rich and powerful
•The majority Dutch got
the benefit of economic
development much
later.

9. Power Sharing - Result
The country united respecting the
feelings
of different communities and
regions.

10. Engross.i
n
The Legislature The Executive The Judiciary
Forms of Power Sharing
•Horizontal OR Check and Balance System
•Each of these organs is placed at the same level to
exercise different powers
•None of them has unlimited power thus maintains
balance.
•Each one of them keeps watch on the functioning of
the other two.
•Hence it is called Check and Balance System

11. Power Sharing - Belgium
•Equal number of Ministers from Dutch and French speaking areas in
the Central Govt.
•No single community can make decisions unilaterally
•Transfer of power from the centre to the state. State govt. will not be
a subordinate to the centre.
•Separate govt. in Brussels with equal representation for the French
and the Dutch.
•Formation of COMMUNITY Govt elected by the people belonging to
one language community Dutch, French and German wherever they
live. This has power regarding
•Culture, education and language related issues.

12. Belgium & Sri Lanka
•Similarities: Both are democracies.
•Differences: Power sharing arrangement is different.
•What is unique about Belgium?
•Leaders have realized that unity of the country is possible
only by respecting the feelings and interests of different
communities and regions.
•What was the drawback in the system followed by Sri
Lanka?
•Dominance of majority community - Sinhalese by refusing
to share power with Tamils resulting in disunity.

13. THANK YOU