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The Politics of Wallonia concern not only the government of the region of Wallonia, but also that of the French Community of Belgium, the German-speaking Community of Belgium and the Brussels-Capital Region. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Wallonia (French: Wallonie, German: Wallonien, Walloon: Walonreye, Dutch: Wallonië) or the Walloon Region (French: Région Wallonne, Dutch: Waals Gewest) is the predominantly French-speaking region that constitutes one of the three federal regions of Belgium, with its capital at Namur. ... The French Community area of Belgium The French Community of Belgium (French: , Dutch: , German: ) is one of the three official communities in Belgium along with the Flemish Community and the German speaking Community. ... Council of the German Speaking Community in Belgium (Eupen) Flag of the German-speaking community in Belgium The German-Speaking Community of Belgium (Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens in German, short DGB) is one of the three federal communities in Belgium. ... The Brussels-Capital Region (French: R gion de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, German: Region Br ssel-Hauptstadt) or Brussels Region (French: R gion Bruxelloise, Dutch: Brusselse Gewest) is one of the three regions of Belgium. ...

Structures

Regions of Belgium
Brussels-Capital (blue)
Wallonia (red)
Flemish Region(yellow)

Since 23 April 1993, Belgium has been a federal state, divided into three geographical regions and three linguistic communities. The Walloon Region is one of the three regions, mainly French-speaking. The other two geographical regions are the Flemish Region, a mainly Dutch-speaking region in the north and west, and the Brussels-Capital, bilingual French-Dutch administering the city of Brussels. Some governmental comptencies are exercised by the linguistic communities, of which the French Community of Belgium is the largest in Wallonia, while the German-speaking Community of Belgium's responsibilities are for an area within Wallonia. April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A map displaying todays federations. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... The Flemish region is one of the three official regions of the Kingdom of Belgium (alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region). ... Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by around 22 million people, mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium. ... Nickname: The Capital Of Europe, Comic City City of a 100 Museums Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989 Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area    - City 162 (Region) km²  (62. ...

The Parliament of Wallonia is a unicameral legislature of 75 members elected to serve five year terms. It is based in the former Hospice Saint-Gilles at Namur. The Walloon Parliament, or Walloon Regional Council (French: Parlement wallon or Conseil régional wallon), is the parliament of Wallonia, the southern region of Belgium. ... Unicameralism is the practice of having only one legislative or parliamentary chamber. ... Namur is the name of a city in Belgium, capital of Wallonia, as well as a province and a diocese named after it. ...

The Government of Wallonia is responsible to the Parliament. Excepting cultural and education matters, which are controlled by the linguistic communities, the Walloon Region's competences include local administration, housing, transport, training, employment, health and social policy. The Region administers a number of companies, including those responsible for the provision of water and public transport.

Parliament

Namur : the Citadel and the Parliament of Wallonia.

The directly-elected Parliament of Wallonia was created in June 1995, replacing the Conseil régional wallon (Regional Council of Wallonia). This first sat on 15 October 1980 and was composed of members of the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives and the Belgian Senate elected from Wallonia. Namur is the name of a city in Belgium, capital of Wallonia, as well as a province and a diocese named after it. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Belgian Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: de Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers, French: la Chambre des Représentants) is one of the two chambers of the Belgian Federal Parliament. ... The Belgian Senate (Dutch: de Senaat, French: le Sénat) is one of the two chambers of the Belgian Federal Parliament. ...

The composition of the parliament for the 2004-2009 legislature is as follows:

• Parti Socialiste (PS) : 34
• Mouvement réformateur (MR) : 20
• Centre démocrate humaniste (CDh) : 14
• Front national (FN) : 4
• Ecolo : 3

The president of the parliament is José Happart (PS), the Vice-Presidents are Véronique Cornet (MR), Michel Lebrun (CDh) and Charles Janssens (PS). The Parti Socialiste or PS of Belgium is a French-speaking social democratic political party. ... The Mouvement Réformateur (MR) is a Belgian French-speaking liberal party, favoring a united Belgium. ... The Humanist Democratic Centre (French: Centre Démocrate Humaniste or CDH) is a centrist, christian-democrat, Belgian French-speaking political party. ... The National Front is a small extreme right Belgian political party. ... Ecolo (standing for Ecologistes Confédérés pour lorganisation de luttes originales) is a French-speaking Belgian green political party (Wallonia and Brussels). ...

The 75 members of the parliament, together with 19 French-speaking members elected by the parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region, form the Parliament of the French-Speaking Community of Belgium. Since 1999 elections have been held together with those for the European Parliament. Sign in the entrance of the European Parliament building in Brussels, written in all the official languages used in the European Union as of July 2006 The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The debating chamber, or hemicycle, in Strasbourg The European Parliament building in Brussels The European Parliament (formerly European...

Government

L'Élysette: seat of the Government of Wallonia, in Namur

Michel Daerden, Marie Arena and Marie-Dominique Simonet also serve in the government of the Brussels-Capital Region. Namur is the name of a city in Belgium, capital of Wallonia, as well as a province and a diocese named after it. ... Elio Di Rupo (born July 18, 1951) is the leader of the French-speaking Belgian Socialist Party, i. ... Jean-Claude Marcourt (October 16, 1956) is the Minister of Economics and Employment of the Belgian region of Wallonia since 2004. ...

External links

• Wallonia Portal
• (French) Government of Wallonia
• (French) Parliament of Wallonia
• (French) Parliament of the French-Speaking Community