ABSTRACT
The Edmond Leburton government was formed to flesh out the constitutional articles on regionalization, for which a two thirds majority in parliament was required. A new coalition controlling at least two thirds of the seats in parliament perhaps would be less vulnerable in institutional reform policy making, but by implication, the parties then should agree also in other fields of policy. The delimitation of the boundaries of Brussels, which was to become the third region next to Flanders and Wallonia, was a source of intense conflict between the French speaking and Dutch speaking parties. It contained the granting of limited educational facilities to the language minorities in both areas, and the conditions for setting up schools also were relaxed. Though during the negotiations priority was given to regionalization and education policy, manifest differences on socio-economic policy could not be ignored. Parties differed on language policy and regionalization as well as on education policy, morality issues, and on socio-economic policy.
