Causes of conflict in Belgium were:

a. Diverse ethnic composition- Belgium is alinguistically diverse country comprising of Dutch speaking, French speaking and the German speaking people in different regions of Belgium. One may give example of 59% of population residingin theFlemish region and speaks Dutchlanguage.​

b. Ethnic compostion in Brussels- Capital city of Belgium presented a different problem, where Dutch constituted the minority and the French speaking constituted the majority though the Frenchwere minority in the country.

c. Economic factor- Tensions primarily erupted between these linguistically diverse groups due to the economic gap that existed between the French and dutch speaking communities. The French who were minority in the country were relatively richer, influential and powerful and accrued the benefits of economic development. The Dutch speaking who were majority in the country got benefits of economic development much later, widening the gap between the two communities.