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Parliament of the French Community
Parlement de la Communauté française
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Type
TypeUnicameral
Leadership
PresidentBenoît Dispa, LE
since July 15th 2024
Structure
Seats94
Political groupsGovernment (50)
  •   MR (31)
  •   LE (19)

Opposition (44)

Length of term5 years
Elections
Last election9 June 2024
Next election2029
Meeting place
Hôtel de Ligne, Brussels
Website
http://www.pfwb.be/

The Parliament of the French Community (French: Parlement de la Communauté française [paʁləmɑ̃ də la kɔmynote fʁɑ̃sɛz] or PCF) is the legislative assembly of the French Community of Belgium, based in the Royal Quarter of Brussels. It consists of all 75 members of the Walloon Parliament except German-speaking members (currently two) who are substituted by French-speaking members from the same party, and 19 members elected by the French linguistic group of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region within the former body. These members are elected for a term of five years.

The current president of the Parliament of the French Community is Rudy Demotte (PS).

Bureau

Sinсе 17 September 2019 the Bureau of Parliament has been composed as follows:

  • Chairman: Rudy Demotte (PS)
  • 1st vice-president: Caroline Cassart-Mailleux (MR)
  • 2nd vice-president: Matthieu Daele (Ecolo)
  • 3rd vice-president: Laurent Devin (PS)
  • Secretary: Jean-Pierre Kerckhofs (PTB)
  • Secretary: Philippe Dodrimont (MR)
  • Secretary: Mathilde Vandorpe (cdH)

Compositions

See also: List of members of the Parliament of the French Community

2019-2024

Affiliation Waloons Brussels Total
Hain. Liège Lux. Namur Walloon Brabant
Socialist Party (PS) 11 7 1 3 1 5 28
Reformist Movement (MR) 5 6 2 3 4 3 23
Ecolo 3 4 1 2 2 4 16
Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB-GO!) 5 4 0 1 0 3 13
Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH) 3 2 2 2 1 1 11
Democratic Federalist Independent (DéFI) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Total 27 23 6 11 8 19 94

2014-2019

Affiliation Waloons Brussels Total
Socialist Party (PS) 30 6 36
Reformist Movement (MR) 25 5 30
Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH) 13 3 16
Ecolo 4 2 6
Democratic Federalist Independent (DéFI) 0 3 3
Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB-GO!) 2 0 2
People's Party (PP) 1 0 1
Total 75 19 94

See also

External links

Governments of Belgium
Federal Belgium
Government
Parliament
Chamber of RepresentativesRepresentatives (Constituencies)
SenateSenators
State Coat of Arms of Belgium
Brussels-Capital Region
Flemish Region and Community
(merged institutions)
Walloon Region
French Community
German-speaking Community
See also
Politics of Belgium
Political parties in Belgium
Elections in Belgium

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