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==Language controversy== On August 28, 2006 mayor [[Eddie de Block]] introduced a ban on speaking [[French language|French]] in the town's schools. Mayor de Block said that the measure did not violate [[human rights]] and that it would help [[Social integration|integration]]. A previous ban on signs in languages different from [[Dutch language|Dutch]] in the town's markets had been overturned by [[Flemish people|Flemish]] [[Interior Minister]] [[Marino Keulen]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Belgian town bans school French | work=BBC News | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5305484.stm | date=September 1, 2006 | accessdate=2006-09-01}}</ref>
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