Describe the path of accommodation adopted in Belgium. What were its
consequences?

Hi,

The Belgian model of power sharing has the following features:

• The number of Dutch and French-speaking ministers are equal in the central government. 
• Special laws are required for the support of majority of members from each linguistic group. 
• No single community can make decisions unilaterally. 
• Many powers of the central government have been given to state governments of the two regions of the country. 
• The state governments are not subordinate to the Central Government.
• Brussels has a separate government in which both the communities have equal representation. 
• The French- speaking people accepted equal representation in Brussels because the Dutch-speaking community has accepted equal representation in the Central Government. 
• 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 German-speaking – no matter where they live. 
• This government has the power regarding cultural, educational and language-related issues.