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Parliament of Wallonia

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Type
  
Unicameral

Length of term
  
5 years

Seats
  
75

Last election
  
May 2014

Parliament of Wallonia

President
  
André Antoine, cdH Since 13 June 2014

Political groups
  
Government (43)      Socialist Party (30)      Humanist Democratic Centre (13) Opposition (32)      Reform Movement (25)      Ecolo (4)      Workers' Party (2)      People's Party (1)

The Parliament of Wallonia (French: Parlement de Wallonie), formerly the Walloon Parliament (Parlement wallon) and previously the Walloon Regional Council (Conseil régional wallon), is one of the three self-governing regions of Belgium (the other two being Flanders and the Brussels-Capital Region). The parliament building, the former Hospice Saint-Gilles, is situated in Namur, the capital of Wallonia, at the symbolic confluence of the Meuse and the Sambre, the two main rivers of the most inhabited parts of Wallonia, the Sillon industriel. On the other side of the Meuse, facing the Parliament, is the Élysette, the seat of the Walloon government.

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Composition

All members of the Parliament of Wallonia are also members of the Parliament of the French Community, except for German-speaking members (currently Monika Dethier-Neumann and Edmund Stoffels) who represent the German-speaking population and are advisory members of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community.

The parliament exercises several functions:

  • It discusses and passes decrees, and they can take initiatives to draw them up. After this, decrees are sanctioned and promulgated by the Walloon Government.
  • It controls the Walloon Government. Control is exercised via the vote.
  • It ratifies the international treaties linked to its powers.
  • 2014-2019 (current)

    This is the composition of the Walloon Parliament following the 2014 regional election.

    2009-2014

    This is the composition of the Walloon Parliament following the 2009 regional election. The PS, Ecolo and CDH formed together a government.

    2004-2009

    This was the composition of the Walloon Parliament following the 2004 regional election. The PS and CDH formed together a government.

    1999-2004

    This was the composition of the Walloon Parliament following the 1999 regional election. The PS, Ecolo and PRL formed together a government.

    Constituencies

    The Walloon Parliament is the only Belgian parliament which still uses arrondissement-based constituencies. The federal Chamber of Representatives and the Flemish Parliament both merged theirs into larger province-based constituencies.

    References

    Parliament of Wallonia Wikipedia