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Question
How is community government elected in Belgium?
Solution
Apart from the Central and the State Government, there is a third kind of government. This ‘community government’ is elected by people belonging to one language community – Dutch, French and Germanspeaking – no matter where they live. This government has the power regarding cultural, educational and language-related issues.
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