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The Parliament of Wallonia (French: Parlement de Wallonie, pronounced [paʁləmɑ̃ də walɔni]), or the Walloon Parliament (Parlement wallon, [paʁləmɑ̃ walɔ̃]) in the decrees, is the legislative body of Wallonia, one of the three self-governing regions of Belgium (the other two being Flanders and the Brussels-Capital Region).
The Élysette in Namur is the office building of the Walloon Minister-President. The Walloon Government (French: Gouvernement wallon, pronounced [ɡuvɛʁnəmɑ̃ walɔ̃]) or Government of Wallonia (Gouvernement de Wallonie, [-də walɔni]) is the executive branch of Wallonia, and it is part of one of the six main governments of Belgium.
The Regional Investment Company of Wallonia (French: Société Régionale d'Investissement de Wallonie or SRIW) was founded by the Walloon Region in 1979 to provide capital to the Walloon industry. The purpose of the SRIW, based in Liège, is to invest in the equity of unlisted companies (private equity).
The Meuse, shown here at Namur, is one of Belgium's main water resources.The river provides 30% of Brussel's water supply. Belgium's water resources are distributed among five river basins, the two main ones being the Meuse and the Scheldt that both take their source in France and flow into the sea in the Netherlands.
Steelmaking along the Meuse at Ougrée, near Liège. The sillon industriel was the first fully industrialized area in continental Europe, [2] experiencing its first industrialisation wave from 1800 to 1820. [3]
The minister-president of Wallonia (French: Ministre-président de Wallonie) is the head of the Government of Wallonia, the executive power of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. The official residence, known as the Élysette, is in Namur, along the Meuse River.
The dragon and the white men of the Ducasse de Mons. The Ducasse de Mons (Walloon French for Kermesse), is one of the UNESCO Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. It comprises two important parts: the procession, the descent and the ascent of the shrine of Waltrude, and the combat between Saint George and the dragon.
Bart De Wever (N-VA), the Flemish winner of 2010 Belgian federal elections, is separatist. Elio Di Rupo (PS), the Walloon winner of 2010 Belgian federal elections, though opposed to a separation, proposed a Plan B to organize the partition of Belgium in case Plan A, the negotiations for forming a federal government, were to fail.