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| color = lightblue

| name = ''Colletotrichum musae''

| regnum = [[Fungi]]

| phylum = [[Ascomycota]]

| classis = [[Sordariomycetes]]

| subclassis = [[Incertae sedis]]

| ordo = [[Phyllachorales]]

| familia = [[Phyllachoraceae]]

| genus = ''[[Colletotrichum]]''

| species = '''''C. musae'''''

| binomial = ''Colletotrichum musae''

| binomial_authority = (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Arx, (1957)

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'''Colletotrichum musae''' is a plant pathogen.

The '''Egmont pact''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Egmontpact'', [[French language|French]]: ''Pacte d'Egmont'', [[German language|German]]: ''Egmont-Pakt'') of [[1977]] is an agreement on the reform of [[Belgium]] into a federal state and on the relations between the linguistic communities in the country. The pact was not carried out due to the demission of the government, but important elements of the pact were used in later Belgian state reforms.

== External links ==

The pact was agreed in 1977 between the majority parties of de government [[Leo Tindemans|Tindemans]] IV, which was a coalition between [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CVP]], [[Humanist Democratic Centre|PSC]], [[Belgian Socialist Party|BSP-PSB]], [[People's Union (Belgium)|Volksunie]] and [[Democratic Front of Francophones|FDF]]. It was named after the [[Egmont Palace]] in [[Brussels]], where the negotiations took place.

[http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Index Fungorum]<br>

The pact was supplemented with the "Stuyvenberg agreement" later the same year. Both would be called the "Community pact".

[http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases USDA ARS Fungal Database]<br>

[[Category:Plant pathogens and diseases]]

==Content==

The Egmont pact covered agreements on a number of various topics :

* The establishment of autonomous councils and executives (a government) for the three communities in Belgium (which followed the establishment of the three Cultural Communities in 1970 - Flemish, French and German), next to the establishment of three Regions ([[Flanders]], [[Brussels]] and [[Wallonia]]), also with autonomous councils and their own executives.

* An agreement on the linguistic relations in Brussels and the periphery, with a.o. the inscription right in Brussels for French speakers from 14 Dutch speaking communes around Brussels. This would give them [[municipalities with linguistic facilities|linguistic facilities]] and the right to vote in Brussels.

* A reform of the country's institutions.

==Failure==

The agreement was not put into practice, because there was an immediate protest from the Flemish side. Especially the points on Brussels, where the institutional equality between French and Dutch speakers' communities was ended, were unacceptable for a lot of [[Flemish movement|Flemings]].

The advice on the law, that would have put the Egmont pact in practice, on a number of points was heavily criticised by the [[Council of State (Belgium)|Council of State]]. The resistance against the pact rose within the [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CVP]], and more and more MP's demanded new negotiations. These were refused by the French speaking parties. The CVP remained divided. On October 11, 1978, in an emotional speech, PM [[Leo Tindemans]] unexpectedly announced the demission of his government.

==Consequences==

The Egmont crisis had consequences for some Belgian parties. The radical right wing from the ''[[Volksunie]]'' separated itself, leading to the creation of the [[far right]] ''[[Vlaams Blok]]'' political party. The last unitary party in Belgium, the socialist [[Belgian Socialist Party|BSP-PSB]], was split into a [[Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)|French-speaking]] and a [[Socialist Party - Different|Dutch-speaking]] party.

Although the Egmont pact itself failed, it was an important exercise towards the federalisation of Belgium. A large part of the goals in the Egmont pact today are carried out (''see [[Communities, regions and provinces of Belgium]]''). Other points were not realised, like the division of the [[Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde|electoral district Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde]] or the inscription right in Brussels for French speakers from the Brussels periphery.

==References==

''Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent [[:nl:Egmontpact|Dutch-language wikipedia article]] (retrieved 7 August 2006).''

[[Category:Politics of Belgium]]

[[nl:Egmontpact]]