Division of powers regarding the use of languages

The Centre for Research on the State and the Constitution (CRECO) recently published with Larcier the outcome of an ambitious project, led by Céline Romainville and Marc Verdussen, on the “leading cases” on the division of powers in Belgium.

The book includes a chapter written by Nicolas Bonbled and Yves Lejeune on the division of powers regarding the use of languages. It reviews the achievements of some forty years of case law through the main questions that have shaped it (primacy of the language of the linguistic region, division of powers between the communities and the federal authority, language proficiency requirements, rights of linguistic minorities, etc.).