Parliament of Wallonia
Coordinates: 50°27′50.31″N 4°52′24.64″E / 50.4639750°N 4.8735111°E
| Parliament of Wallonia Parlement de Wallonie Parlament von Wallonien Pårlumint di Walonreye | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
President | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 75 |
 | |
Political groups |
Government (43)
Opposition (32)
|
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
Last election | May 2014 |
Next election | 2019 |
| Meeting place | |
 | |
| Saint-Gilles building, 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 the Parliament of Wallonia, one of the self-governing Regions of Belgium with 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.
| Province | Constituency | 1995 & 1999 | 2004 & 2009 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liège | Liège | 14 | 13 | |
| Verviers | 6 | |||
| Huy-Waremme | 4 | |||
| Hainaut | Charleroi | 10 | 9 | |
| Tournai-Ath-Mouscron | 7 | |||
| Mons | 6 | 5 | ||
| Soignies | 4 | |||
| Thuin | 3 | |||
| Walloon Brabant | Nivelles | 7 | 8 | |
| Namur | Namur | 6 | 7 | |
| Dinant-Philippeville | 3 | 4 | ||
| Luxembourg | Arlon-Marche-Bastogne | 3 | ||
| Neufchâteau-Virton | 2 | |||
See also
- Walloon Government
- Minister-President of the Walloon Region
- Flemish Parliament
- Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region
- Parliament of the French Community
- Parliament of the German-speaking Community
External links
- Official Webpage (French)
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