If that decree actually aims to encourage residency b
y the less affluent endogenous population in the target municipalities, as the Flemish Government maintains, such an objective could be regarded as a social objective linked to regio
nal planning policy which would constitute an overriding reason in the public interest. Nonethe
less, the Advocate General refers to the position defended, in that regard, by the French Community, which argues that the real objective of the de
...[+++]cree is to preserve the Flemish nature of the population of the target municipalities.