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Las diferencias entre flamencos y valones monopolizan la atención pública nacional. Pero en Bélgica el este también existe. Y habla alemán. A punto estuvo de ser vendido hace 80 años por un puñado de marcos. Pero esta pequeña franja de tierra sigue formando parte del reino de los belgas. A sus habitantes se les conoce como los "nuevos belgas", "los verdaderos". A diferencia de lo que ocurre en el resto del país, en los Cantones del Este, el valor añadido de Bélgica como país no se ha devaluado. Y temen ser los últimos "belgas de verdad". El territorio, habitado hoy por 75.000 belgas de habla alemana y una minoría francófona, perteneció a Prusia hasta 1919, aunque fue francés y, antes, luxemburgués. El tratado de Versalles obligó a Alemania a ceder la región de Eupen, Saint Vith y Malmedy a Bélgica, un país joven y muy industrializado. El acuerdo preveía consultar a la población, pero el plebiscito fue una farsa. Quienes se oponían a la adhesión debían registrarse y pudo más el temor a las represalias que el sentimiento alemán. Sólo 800 hombres votaron por Alemania. La anexión se confirmó en 1926. Habían llegado los "nuevos belgas".
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La zona alemana de Bélgica, mapa de la Wikipedia

In Belgium, the official State languages (or national languages) are Dutch, French and German. The language provision is based on the existence of four language regions (Sprachgebiete) (art. 4 of the Constitution): the German one, the French one, the Dutch one and the bilingual language region Brussels (French/Dutch).

So, Belgium is a trilingual country, a country in which three official languages or State languages are in use, but it also means that each language region (Sprachgebiet) only has one single official or State language, except Brussels with two languages.
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The notion of minority languages does not exist in Belgium. However, de facto there are nevertheless linguistic minorities in each of the language regions.
At first, there are many thousands immigration families, (still) speaking their mother tongue (mainly Italian, Arabic, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Portuguese etc.) These languages have no official status in Belgium. For the most part there is a natural linguistic integration by learning quickly the official language of the region, by being administered in that language and by sending their children to the local schools.

Then, in each unilingual region, there are many Belgians living, whose mother tongue is one of the three Belgian State languages, but not the language of the Region where they live in. As a matter of fact, they are a linguistic minority in this Region, even if they are not considered officially being a minority. As a general rule, they adapt themselves to the linguistic circumstances around them : they also speak the State language of the Region they are living in, are administered in it and send their children to the local schools. This behaviour fits with the principle of territorial unilingualism laid down in the laws concerning the use of the languages in Belgium.

For the public services in the regional and federal offices, almost the same rules are working : so, each citizen has the right to use his language (if it is one of the three State languages) in his contacts with the public administration, even then when these administration offices are not located in the language region concerned. Concerning the use of the German language by the regional and federal offices there is much room for improvement even if sustained efforts have been done successfully.

In addition to the three official State languages there are some autochthonous 'regional' languages, especially within the French language region (e.g. Walloon and Picardish, Letzebuergisch, Plattdütsch etc.) which are supported by some societies: apart the fact that these societies are officially recognized and subsidized by the Ministry for cultural affairs, these regional languages are not admitted for administration and education.

• Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens
• German-speaking Community of Belgium
• El parlamento de la zona alemana de Bélgica
• La DG en Europa
• El actual presidente de la comunidad alemana en Bégica Karl Heinz lambertz