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1924 |
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Under Flemish pressure, the Chamber rejected a commercial treaty with France. | 1 |
Old age pensions became obligatory. Other forms of social legislation remained voluntary, but as government subsidies increased, the number of insured persons rose. | 2 |
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1925, April 3 |
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A treaty with the Netherlands settled a long-standing dispute regarding the navigation of the Scheldt. | 3 |
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1926, May 22 |
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A treaty with Britain and France formally abrogated the treaty of 1839. | 4 |
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July |
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Financial crisis. The king was given dictatorial powers for six months to solve the problem. Devaluation and stabilization of the Belgian franc through the creation of a new unit of currency, the belga. | 5 |
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