Question

Choose the correct option with regard to the sentence mentioned below.
Belgium solved its problem successfully by:

• A. Denying community government to linguistic communities
• B. Rejecting the policy of majoritarianism
• C. Developing the power-sharing mechanism
• D. ​​​​​​Respecting the interests of different communities

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C), (D)

​​​​​​Respecting the interests of different communities

The leaders of Belgium came up with a solution for their Federal problems.

1. They gave equal representation to both communities in the central cabinet of ministers. By doing this, the Belgian leaders felt that they respected the feelings and the interests of the people from both communities.
2. They also gave more powers to the State governments. The state governments weren’t considered subordinate to the central governments.
3. The leaders of Belgium also established a third type of government which was Community government. Each linguistic community got its Community government. It was established to resolve language and culture-related issues, and these helped avoid civic strife between the two communities.