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Website. www.fed-parl.be. The Federal Parliament (Dutch: Federaal Parlement; French: Parlement fédéral; German: Föderales Parlament) is the bicameral parliament of Belgium. It consists of the Chamber of Representatives [A] and the Senate [B]. It sits in the Palace of the Nation (Dutch: Paleis der Natie; French: Palais de la Nation; German ...
The Senate (Dutch: Senaat [səˈnaːt] ⓘ; French: Sénat [sena] ⓘ; German: Senat [zeˈnaːt] ⓘ) is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be the "upper house" of the Federal Parliament. [1] Created in 1831 as a chamber fully equal to the ...
The Parlamentarium, is the European Parliament's visitor centre, located in the Espace Léopold complex in Brussels, Belgium. [1] It was officially opened on the 14th October 2011 by the former President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, and hosts a permanent exhibition that features numerous multimedia components that explain the workings of the European Parliament and other European ...
Politics of Belgium. The politics of Belgium take place in the framework of a federal, representative democratic, constitutional monarchy. The King of the Belgians is the head of state, and the prime minister of Belgium is the head of government, in a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government.
Politics of Belgium. The Federal Government of Belgium (Dutch: Federale regering; French: Gouvernement fédéral; German: Föderalregierung) exercises executive power in the Kingdom of Belgium. It consists of ministers and secretary of state ("junior", or deputy-ministers who do not sit in the Council of Ministers) drawn from the political ...
Vote counting and seat attribution. The objective of elections in Belgium is to elect the members or a legislative council, from the Chamber of Representatives of the Federal Parliament to the local municipal council. The Belgian system does not elect members of the executive or the judicial branch.
v. t. e. The Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers ⓘ, French: Chambre des représentants, German: Abgeordnetenkammer) is one of the two chambers in the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Senate. It is considered to be the "lower house" of the Federal Parliament.
For most of its history, what is now Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the Carolingian Empire, or divided into a number of smaller states, prominent among them being the Duchy of Lower Lorraine, the Duchy of Brabant, the County of Flanders, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, the County of Namur, the County of Hainaut and the County of Luxembourg.