Parliament of Wallonia

Parliament of Wallonia Parlement de Wallonie Parlament von Wallonien Pårlumint di Walonreye
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
President	André Antoine, cdH Since 13 June 2014
Structure
Seats	75
Political groups	Government (43)      Socialist Party (30)      Humanist Democratic Centre (13) Opposition (32)      Reform Movement (25)      Ecolo (4)      Workers' Party (2)      People's Party (1)
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.

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

See also: List of members of the Walloon Parliament

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

• 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)