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Political syste m Belgium

Political syste m Belgium. Federal parlementary democracy Under a constitunional monarchy with King Albert ll - attained federal status in 1995 Devided into : - Federal government - Regional government -> Flanders ( Dutch ) -> Wallonia ( french )

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Political syste m Belgium

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  1. Political systemBelgium

  2. Federal parlementarydemocracy • Under a constitunionalmonarchy with King Albert ll • -attainedfederalstatus in 1995 • Devidedinto: - Federal government • - Regional government • -> Flanders (Dutch) • -> Wallonia (french) • -> Bilingual capital • - Community councils • -> Dutchcommunity • -> French community • -> German community • The regional government hasauthorityover 10 policy areas • The linguisticcommunities are in chargeof: • -education, cultureandlanguage

  3. Communities Dutchcommunity French community German community Regions Flanders (Dutch) Wallonia (french) Bilingual capital

  4. Executive • Prime minister: headof government andleadermajorityparty • appointed by monarchy ( King Albert II ) • Legislature • 2 chambers: - House ofrepresentatives ( taking final decision on laws ) • - Senate ( upperhouse ) • ( advisorychamber )

  5. Main politicalparties • Liberal party: VLD - MR • Socialistparty: SPA – PS • Christian Democratic: CD&V and NVA – CdH • Environment Groups: Groen – Ecolo • Political developments • recentyearscrisis • -Dutchspeakingregionofflanders (christiandemocratic) • -FrancophoneWallonia (socialistic) • => much discussion

  6. Situation atthis moment: • politiccomplexcountry • politicalpartieswantedto have more power in own part ofBelgium => more governments • => no more unitairianparties • => regional partiesconflicts about littlethings • => irritates the Belgians • Nowwedon`t have a governement • Because they can`t agree (noconsencus) • But nowwe have a government for courant bussiness

  7. Voting • Flanders: can vote for dutchparties • Wallonia: can vote for Francophoneparties • Brussels: can vote for eitherdutch or francophoneparties • -> everybodyolder than 18 must vote • There are 150 seats in House ofRepresentatives • There are 11 electoraldistricts • -> Eachdistrict is given a numberofseats proportional to • ist total population • There are71 seats in senate • -> 40 directly elected (25 Flemisch;15 Francophone) • -> 21 elected by commityparliaments • -> 10 co-opted

  8. The parties form a list a few most beforeelections, as there are seatsavailable After eachelection: strongestpartyformscoalition with other partiesto form government =>very difficult

  9. Thankyou for yourattention

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