Parliament of Wallonia

Coordinates: 50°27′50.31″N 4°52′24.64″E / 50.4639750°N 4.8735111°E / 50.4639750; 4.8735111

Parliament of Wallonia

Type
Type
Leadership
President
André Antoine, cdH
Since 13 June 2014
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 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:

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.

Seat division of the Parliament after the elections of 2009
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.

Seat division of the Parliament after the elections of 2004
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.

Seat division of the Parliament after the elections of 1999
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

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