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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]].
The '''politics of Wallonia''' concern the [[government]] of [[Wallonia]], that is the southern [[Region]] of [[Belgium]].

The [[capital city|capital]] is [[Namur (city)|Namur]], where are the seats of the [[Government of Wallonia]], the [[Parliament of Wallonia]] and the [[Public Service of Wallonia]].


==Structures==
==Structures==
[[Image:Gewestenkaart.png|thumb|120px|Regions of Belgium<br />Brussels-Capital (<span style="color: #0000A0">'''blue'''</span>)<br />Wallonia (<span style="color: #A00000">'''red'''</span>)<br />Flemish Region(<span style="color: #A0A000">'''yellow'''</span>)]]
[[Image:Gewestenkaart.png|thumb|120px|Regions of Belgium<br />Brussels-Capital (<span style="color: #0000A0">'''blue'''</span>)<br />Wallonia (<span style="color: #A00000">'''red'''</span>)<br />Flemish Region(<span style="color: #A0A000">'''yellow'''</span>)]]
Since [[23 April]], [[1993]], [[Belgium]] has been a [[Federation|federal]] state, divided into three geographical regions and three linguistic communities. The Walloon Region is one of the three regions, mainly [[French language|French-speaking]]. The other two geographical regions are the [[Flemish Region]], a mainly [[Dutch language|Dutch-speaking]] region in the north and west, and the Brussels-Capital, bilingual French-Dutch administering the city of [[Brussels]]. Some governmental competencies 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.
Since 23 April 1993, [[Belgium]] has been a [[Federation|federal]] state, divided into three geographical regions and three linguistic communities. The Walloon Region is one of the three regions, almost totally [[French language|French-speaking]]. The other two geographical regions are the [[Flemish Region]], a mainly [[Dutch language|Dutch-speaking]] region in the north and west, and the Brussels-Capital, bilingual French-Dutch administering the city of [[Brussels]]. Some governmental competencies 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.


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 (city)|Namur]].
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 (city)|Namur]].


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.
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.

The constitutional system of Belgium grants the Walloon Region its own legislative and executive powers in the fields for which it is competent:

*agriculture and rural renewal
*development of the territory and town planning
*economy and foreign trade
*employment and vocational training
*the environment, water and nature conservation
*housing
*local authorities, subsidized works and sports infrastructures
*scientific research, new technologies and energy
*international relations
*health and social affairs
*tourism and heritage
*regional transport, mobility and public works.

[[Image:Wallonie-panneau-routier.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Motorways are attributed to Walloon Region in its territory.]]


==Parliament==
==Parliament==
[[Image:Namur JPG06.jpg|200px|right|thumbnail|[[Namur (city)|Namur]] : the Citadel and the Parliament of Wallonia.]]
[[Image:Namur Zitadelle & Parlament Walloniens 3.jpg|right|thumbnail|[[Namur (city)|Namur]] : the Citadel and the Parliament of Wallonia.]]
The directly-elected [[Walloon Parliament]] 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.
The directly elected [[Walloon Parliament]] 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.

The parliament exercises several functions:
* It discusses and passes [[Decree (Belgium)|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.


The composition of the parliament for the 2004-2009 legislature is as follows:
The composition of the parliament for the 2004-2009 legislature was as follows:
* [[Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)|Parti Socialiste]] (PS) : 34
* [[Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)|Parti Socialiste]] (PS) : 34
* [[Reformist Movement|Mouvement réformateur]] (MR) : 20
* [[Reformist Movement|Mouvement réformateur]] (MR) : 20
* [[Humanist Democratic Centre|Centre démocrate humaniste]] (CDh) : 14
* [[Humanist Democratic Centre|Centre démocrate humaniste]] (CDH) : 14
* [[National Front (Belgium)|Front national]] (FN) : 4
* [[National Front (Belgium)|Front national]] (FN) : 4
* [[Ecolo]] : 3
* [[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 president of the parliament was [[José Happart]] (PS), the Vice-Presidents were Véronique Cornet (MR), Michel Lebrun (CDh) and Charles Janssens (PS).


The composition of the parliament for the 2009-2014 legislature is as follows:
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]].


* [[Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)|Parti Socialiste]] (PS) : 29
==Government==
* [[Reformist Movement|Mouvement réformateur]] (MR) : 19
[[Image:Elizete wi.jpg|thumb|200px|right|L'Élysette: seat of the Government of Wallonia, in [[Namur (city)|Namur]]]]
* [[Ecolo]] : 14
{| class=wikitable
* [[Humanist Democratic Centre|Centre démocrate humaniste]] (CDH) : 13
|-
! Name
! Porfolio
|-
|[[Rudi Demotte]] (PS)||Minister-President
|-
|[[André Antoine (Belgique)|André Antoine]] (CDh)||Minister for Housing, Transport and Development.
|-
|[[Michel Daerden]] (PS)||Minister for the Budget and Finance.
|-
|[[Marie Arena]] (PS)||Minister for Training
|-
|[[Philippe Courard]] (PS)||Minister for the Interior, Administration, Health, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
|-
|[[Marie-Dominique Simonet]] (CDh)||Minister for Research, Technology and External Affairs.
|-
|[[Jean-Claude Marcourt]] (PS)||Minister for the Economy, Employment and Trade.
|-
|[[Benoit Lutgen]] (CDh)||Minister for Agricultural, Rural Affairs, the Environment and Tourism.
|}


The president of the parliament is [[Emily Hoyos]].
Michel Daerden, Marie Arena and Marie-Dominique Simonet also serve in the government of the Brussels-Capital Region.


The new coalition government is gathering the PS, the CDH and Ecolo and has the same minister-president.
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The 75 members of the parliament (except German-speaking members, who are substituted by French-speaking members from the same party), together with 19 French-speaking members elected by the [[Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region]], form the [[Parliament of the French Community]]. Since 1999 elections have been held together with those for the [[European Parliament]].
La Wallonie a établi des Délégations générales à [[Québec]], [[Berlin]], [[Paris]], [[Varsovie]], [[Prague]], [[Bruxelles]] (UE), [[Bâton Rouge]], [[Santiago de Chili]], [[Dakar]], [[Rabat]], [[Kinshasa]], [[Alger]], [[Tunis]], [[Bucarest]] et [[Hanoï]]... De plus l'ensemble des ambassades belges sont tenues d'accueillir ses Agences à l'exportation (AWEX).


==Government==
Dans le cadre de la représentation Wallone de la Belgique au niveau européen, la première initiative "internationale" de la Wallonie fut de signer une ''Déclaration commune'' avec le [[Québec]], le [[12 décembre]] [[1980]] dans le cadre alors encore très limité de ses compétences. C'est le Premier Ministre [[René Lévesque]] et le Ministre-Président [[Jean-Maurice Dehousse]] qui signèrent cet engagement dont le suivi fut assuré jusqu'à aujourd'hui.-->
[[Image:Elizete wi.jpg|thumb|200px|right|L'Élysette: seat of the Government of Wallonia, in [[Namur (city)|Namur]]]]
The [[Government of Wallonia]] is the executive body of the Walloon Region.
{{Walloon Region government}}


The [[Government of the French Community]] and the [[Government of the German-speaking Community]] are the executive bodies of respectively the French and German-speaking Communities.
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==See also==
Outre les compétences [[Régions de Belgique|régionales]] qui lui ont été attribuées par la constitution belge, la région Wallonne s'est vu attribuer une partie des compétences de la [[Communauté française de Belgique|Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles]] en 1993.
* [[Science and technology in Wallonia]]

* [[Politics of Belgium]], [[Politics of Flanders]], [[Politics of Brussels]]
Par ailleurs, en pratique, les 75 parlementaires wallons exercent, avec 19 parlementaires bruxellois francophones, les compétences de la Communauté française, et plusieurs ministres wallons (Marie, Arena, Dominique Simonet...) siègent ''en même temps'' au Gouvernement wallon et au Gouvernement de la Communauté Wallonie-Bruxelles. Si l'on cumule les compétences de la [[Communauté Wallonie-Bruxelles]] concernant la Wallonie et les celles de la [[Wallonie]], on arrive à un total de 51% des anciennes compétences étatiques belges transférées <ref> * Charles Étienne Lagasse, ''Les nouvelles institutions politiques de la Belgique et de l'Europe'', Érasme, Namur, 2003, p. 289</ref>-->

<!--===Les sièges des institutions===

*[[Namur (city)|Namur]] : Capitale régionale (siège du [[Parlement wallon]])
*[[Liège]] : Siège des institutions économiques
*[[Verviers]] : « Capitale wallonne de l'eau »
*[[Charleroi]] : Siège des institutions sociales (notamment le [[Forem]])
*De plus, à [[Bruxelles]], se trouve le siège de l'Agence wallonne à l'Exportation et aux Investissements étrangers (Awex) et la Division des Relations internationales (DRI), pratiquement fusionnée avec le Commissariat général aux Relations internationales de la [[Communauté française de Belgique|Communauté française]] (CGRI).-->

<!--===L'administration régionale wallonne===
L'administration régionale wallonne comprend deux ministères :
* le ministère de la Région wallonne (en abrégé MRW)
* le ministère wallon de l'Équipement et des Tranports (en abrégé MET)

Elle comprend par ailleurs une série d'institutions pararégionales (organismes d'intérêt public, en abbrégé OIP) bénéficiant d'une autonomie de gestion. Parmi les plus importantes :
* l'[[Awex]] - ''commerce extérieur''
* l'[[Awiph]] - ''intégration des personnes handicapées''
* l'[[IFAPME]] - ''formation professionnelle''
* le [[Forem]] - ''emploi et formation professionnelle''
* la [[SWDE]] - ''production et distribution d'eau''
* la [[Société wallonne du logement]] - ''logement''
* la [[Société régionale wallonne du Transport]]-->


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
* [[Science and technology in Wallonia]]


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.wallonie.be/en/home.shtml Wallonia Portal]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060820235908/http://www.wallonie.be/en/home.shtml Wallonia Portal]
* {{fr icon}} [http://gov.wallonie.be/code/fr/hp.asp Government of Wallonia]
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://gouvernement.wallonie.be/ Government of Wallonia]
* {{fr icon}} [http://parlement.wallonie.be/content/default.php Parliament of Wallonia]
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://parlement.wallonie.be/content/default.php Parliament of Wallonia]
* {{fr icon}} [http://www.pcf.be/ Parliament of the French-Speaking Community]
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.pcf.be/ Parliament of the French-Speaking Community]

[[Category:Wallonia]]
[[Category:Government of Belgium]]


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[[fr:Politique de la Wallonie]]
[[Category:Politics of Belgium by region|Wallonia]]
[[nl:Waalse politiek]]

Latest revision as of 13:44, 29 July 2024

The politics of Wallonia concern the government of Wallonia, that is the southern Region of Belgium.

The capital is Namur, where are the seats of the Government of Wallonia, the Parliament of Wallonia and the Public Service of Wallonia.

Structures

[edit]
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, almost totally 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 competencies 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.

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 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.

The constitutional system of Belgium grants the Walloon Region its own legislative and executive powers in the fields for which it is competent:

  • agriculture and rural renewal
  • development of the territory and town planning
  • economy and foreign trade
  • employment and vocational training
  • the environment, water and nature conservation
  • housing
  • local authorities, subsidized works and sports infrastructures
  • scientific research, new technologies and energy
  • international relations
  • health and social affairs
  • tourism and heritage
  • regional transport, mobility and public works.
Motorways are attributed to Walloon Region in its territory.

Parliament

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Namur : the Citadel and the Parliament of Wallonia.

The directly elected Walloon Parliament 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.

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.

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

The president of the parliament was José Happart (PS), the Vice-Presidents were Véronique Cornet (MR), Michel Lebrun (CDh) and Charles Janssens (PS).

The composition of the parliament for the 2009-2014 legislature is as follows:

The president of the parliament is Emily Hoyos.

The new coalition government is gathering the PS, the CDH and Ecolo and has the same minister-president.

The 75 members of the parliament (except German-speaking members, who are substituted by French-speaking members from the same party), together with 19 French-speaking members elected by the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region, form the Parliament of the French Community. Since 1999 elections have been held together with those for the European Parliament.

Government

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

The Government of Wallonia is the executive body of the Walloon Region.

Walloon Government - Dolimont
Function Name Party
Minister-president; Minister of Budget, Finance, Animal Welfare, International Affairs, and Firearms Licenses Adrien Dolimont MR
Vice-President; Minister of Urban Planning, Public Works, Traffic Safety; and Local Affairs François Desquesnes LE
Vice-President; Minister of Economy and Employment Pierre-Yves Jeholet MR
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Anne-Catherine Dalcq MR
Minister of Energy, Air-Climate Plan, Housing and Airports Cécile Neven MR
Minister of Sports, Infrastructure, and Media Jacqueline Galant MR
Minister of Tourism, Heritage, Infrastructure, and Childcare Valérie Lescrenier LE
Minister of Health, Environment, Social Economy, Social Action, Fight against Poverty, Handicapped, and Families Yves Coppieters LE

The Government of the French Community and the Government of the German-speaking Community are the executive bodies of respectively the French and German-speaking Communities.

See also

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References

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