Parliament of Wallonia
Coordinates: 50°27′50.31″N 4°52′24.64″E / 50.4639750°N 4.8735111°E
| Parliament of Wallonia | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
President | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 75 |
 | |
Political groups |
Government (38)
Opposition (37)
|
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
Last election | May 2014 |
Next election | 2019 |
| Meeting place | |
 | |
| Saint-Gilles Hospice, Namur | |
| Website | |
| http://parlement.wallonie.be/ | |
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.
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.
Compositions
2014-2019 (current)
This is the composition of the Walloon Parliament following the 2014 regional election.
| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Parti Socialiste ("Socialist Party") | 30 | |
| Mouvement Réformateur ("Reformist Movement") | 25 | |
| Centre démocrate humaniste ("Humanist Democratic Centre") | 13 | |
| Ecolo ("Environmentalist") | 4 | |
| Parti du Travail de Belgique ("Workers' Party of Belgium") | 2 | |
| Parti populaire ("People's Party") | 1 | |
| Total |
75 | |
2009-2014
This is the composition of the Walloon Parliament following the 2009 regional election. The PS, Ecolo and CDH formed together a government.
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| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Parti Socialiste ("Socialist Party") | 29 | |
| Mouvement Réformateur ("Reformist Movement") | 19 | |
| Ecolo ("Environmentalist") | 14 | |
| Centre démocrate humaniste ("Humanist Democratic Centre") | 13 | |
| Total |
75 | |
2004-2009
This was the composition of the Walloon Parliament following the 2004 regional election. The PS and CDH formed together a government.
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| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Parti Socialiste ("Socialist Party") | 34 | |
| Mouvement Réformateur ("Reformist Movement") | 20 | |
| Centre démocrate humaniste ("Humanist Democratic Centre") | 14 | |
| Front National ("National Front") | 4 | |
| Ecolo ("Environmentalist") | 3 | |
| Total |
75 | |
1999-2004
This was the composition of the Walloon Parliament following the 1999 regional election. The PS, Ecolo and PRL formed together a government.
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| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Parti Socialiste ("Socialist Party") | 25 | |
| Parti Réformateur Libéral ("Reformist Movement") with Front Démocratique des Francophones ("Democratic Front of the Francophones") |
21 | |
| Ecolo ("Environmentalist") | 14 | |
| Parti Social Chrétien ("Christian Socialist Party") | 14 | |
| Front National ("National Front") | 1 | |
| Total |
75 | |
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.
A January 2018 law merged both Luxembourg constituencies and reformed the Hainaut constituencies (* = boundaries changed), following a successful challenge by Ecolo to the Constitutional Court that constituencies with too few seats are unrepresentative.
| Province | Constituency | 1995 & 1999 | 2004 & 2009 | 2014 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liège | Liège | 14 | 13 | ||
| Verviers | 6 | ||||
| Huy-Waremme | 4 | ||||
| Hainaut | Charleroi | 10 | 9 | 10 * | |
| Thuin | 3 | ||||
| Tournai-Ath-Mouscron | 7 | 7 * | |||
| Mons | 6 | 5 | 5 * | ||
| Soignies | 4 | 5 * | |||
| Walloon Brabant | Nivelles | 7 | 8 | ||
| Namur | Namur | 6 | 7 | ||
| Dinant-Philippeville | 3 | 4 | |||
| Luxembourg | Arlon-Marche-Bastogne | 3 | 6 | ||
| Neufchâteau-Virton | 2 | ||||
See also
External links
- Official Webpage (in French)
