Power Sharing

Made by:- Shubham Kumar

 The Case of Belgium
•Location & Size.
• A small country in Europe smaller than the area of Haryana.
• The country shares its borders with the Netherlands, France,
Germany and Luxembourg having its capital as Brussels.

•Population & Ethnic Composition.

• The Population is a little over one crore almost half that of
Haryana
• The Ethnic Composition is very complex.
• The total population is divided on the basis of languages spoken:-
✓ 59% of the people live in Flemish region and speak Dutch.
✓ 40% of the people live in Wallonia region and speak French.
✓ Remaining 1% people are German Speaking.
 The Case of Belgium
• Population & Ethnic Composition.
• In the capital city i.e. Brussels the situation is completely
reversed.
✓ Dutch Speaking are only 20% whereas,
✓ French speaking are 80%
• The Dutch Speaking are majority in country but minority in
Brussels similarly French Speaking are minority in Country but
majority in Brussels.
• Here the French speaking are comparatively more rich and
powerful.
• This was resented by Dutch speaking Community that they got the
benefit of economic development and education much later than
French speaking community.
Ethnic Composition of Belgium

Flemish Region (Dutch Speaking) - 59%

Capital City - Brussels

Wallonia Region
(French Speaking) - 40%

German Speaking Region - 1%

 The Case of Sri Lanka
•Location & Size.
• An island nation a few kilometres away from southern coast of Tamil
Nadu.

•Population & Ethnic Composition.

• The Population is about two crore almost that of Haryana.
• As other South Asian countries Sri Lanka also has very diverse
population.
• Out of the total population the major social groups of Sri Lanka
are:-
✓ 74% of the people are Sinhala speakers.
✓ 18% of the people are Tamil speakers out of which:-
➢ 13% are Sri Lankan Tamils.
➢ 5% are Indian Tamils.
✓ 7% people are belonging to Christian Community .
Ethnic composition of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Tamils

Sinhalese

Indian Tamils
 Majoritarianism in Sri Lanka
• To maintain Sinhala Supremacy they did:-
✓ A 1956 Act Was Passed establishing Sinhala as the only official
language of Sri Lanka.
✓ The Government followed preferential policies that favoured Sinhala
applicants for Jobs and Universities.
✓ They Passed a new constitution that specified that state will
protect and foster Buddhism.
✓ All such policies increased the feeling of alienation among Sri
Lankan Tamils
✓ They requested for formation of separate Tamil Eelam (State).
✓ Their request was repeatedly denied and then they start fighting
for their Rights
✓ This led to a civil war and was finally ended in 2009.
 Accommodation in Belgium
• They tried to maintain the Unity of the country they did:-
✓ During 1970 to 1993 they amended the constitution four times so
that everyone should live peacefully.
✓ Their Constitution prescribes that the number of ministers of each
community will be equal.
✓ Many of the powers of Central Government were given to state
government
✓ Brussels had a separate Government.
✓ Apart from these two Government a third form of “community
government” was introduced. This handled matters of cultural,
educational and Language related issues.
• When all European countries came together to form an European Union
Brussels was selected as its capital
Thank You!