Wallonia (Belgium)

Wallonie

Last modified: 2005-04-23 by ivan sache
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by Mark Sensen

• Status of Wallonia
• Description and history of the Walloon flag
• Flag of the French Community (Communauté Française
• Flag of the Walloon Region (Région Wallonne)
• An exhibition on the Walloon rooster
• Rattachiste party F.R.A.N.C.E.

See also:

• Belgium
• Belgium: Administrative divisions
• Provinces
  • Walloon Brabant
  • Province of Hainaut
  • Province of Liège
  • Province of Luxembourg
  • Province of Namur
• Wallonia (Belgium): Flag laws and specification
• French Community Commission of the Region of Brussels-Capital

Status of Wallonia

The French Community (Communauté Française) is competent in the Walloon provinces (excepted the German-speaking municipalities) and in Brussels.

The legislative power is exercized by the Council and the Government. The legislative assembly, the Council of the French Community (Conseil de la Communauté Française), has 94 members, i.e., the 75 members of the Council of the Walloon Region (Conseil de la Région Wallonne) and 19 French-speaking members of the Council of the Region of Brussels-Capital.
The Council of the French Community delegates ten of its members to the Senate.
The Council shall vote the French-speaking communitary laws.

The Government of the French Community exercizes the executive power. It is made of no more than eight Ministers, including the Minister-President. At least one of the Ministers shall live in the Region of Brussels-Capital.

The Walloon Region (Région Wallonne) has a legislative assembly, the Council of the Walloon Region (Conseil de la Région Wallonne), also called Walloon Regional Council (Conseil Régional Wallon). The 75 members of the assembly are elected by direct universal suffrage for five years.
The members of the assembly shall vote the regional laws. They also exercize control on the Walloon Government.
The 75 members of the Walloon Regional Council are also members of the Council of the French Community (Conseil de la Communauté Française), along with the 19 French-speaking members of the Council of the Region of Brussels-Capital.

The executive power is