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( Brussels-Capital Region)
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (French)
Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (Dutch) The Brussels-Capital Region (French Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, German Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt) or short Brussels Region (French Région Bruxelloise, Dutch Brussels Gewest, German Brüsseler Region) is one of the three regions of Belgium, while the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community do exercise, each for their part, their cultural competencies on the territory of the region. French and Dutch are the official languages; most public services are bilingual (exceptions being education and a couple of others). The Capital Region is predominantly French-speaking - about 85-90%[1][2][3] of the population are French-speakers (including migrants), and about 10-15%[4] [3] are Dutch-speakers. In January 2006, of its registered inhabitants, 73.1% are Belgian nationals, 4.1% French nationals, 12.0% other EU nationals (usually expressing themselves in either French or English), 4.0% Moroccan nationals, and 6.8% other non-EU nationals.[5] The Belgian Constitution announced the creation of three regions since the constitutional reform of 24 December 1970, when an article 107quater (the current art. 3) was inserted, stating that "Belgium is made up of three regions The Flemish region, the Walloon region and the Brussels region." However, only after the adoption the special law of 12 January 1989, the Region came into existence, nine years later than the Flemish and the Walloon region. [6] Because of how the federalisation was handled in Belgium, but also because of the fact that the municipalities in the region did not take part in the merger that affected municipalities in the rest of Belgium in the seventies, the public institutions in Brussels offer a bewildering complexity. The complexity is more apparent in the lawbooks than in the facts, since the members of the Brussels Parliament and Government also act in other capacities, e.g. as members of the council of the Brussels agglomeration or the community commissions. One distinguishes
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