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Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4436 words) |
 | The bicameral parliament is composed of a Senate and a Chamber of Representatives. |
| Both the Dutch spoken in Belgium and the Belgian French have minor differences in vocabulary and semantic nuances from the varieties spoken in the Netherlands and France. |
| Belgians have a reputation for loving waffles and French fries, actually both originally from Belgium; the national food is steak (or mussels) with French fries and lettuce. |
| Politics of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4707 words) |
| The Belgian Parliament consists of the Senate (Dutch: Senaat, French: Sénat) and the Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers, French: Chambre des Représentants). |
| The community and regional parliaments are elected every five years, and their elections coincide with those for the European Parliament. |
| From the creation of the Belgian state in 1830 and throughout most of the 19th century, two political parties dominated Belgian politics: the Catholic Party (Church-oriented and conservative) and the Liberal Party (anti-clerical and progressive). |
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