Brussels Parliament - Definition and Overview

The Council of the Region of Brussels-Capital, or Brussels Regional Parliament (French: Conseil de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale or Parlement Bruxellois, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Parlement or Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Raad), is the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three regions of Belgium.

Elections

Elections of 75 Brussels regional deputies take place every five years[1] (http://www.parlbru.irisnet.be/en/parleme/election.htm). Here is the list of past regional elections:

• June 18, 1989 (first elections)
• May 21, 1995, coincided with the federal legislative elections;
• June 13, 1999
• June 13, 2004, coincided with the European Parliament elections.

Functions

The Brussels Parliament role mainly consists in controlling the government of the Brussels-Capital region, approving the budget and creating and passing laws[2] (http://www.parlbru.irisnet.be/en/parleme/fonction.htm).

See also

• Belgian Federal Parliament (federal assembly - upper and lower houses)
• Flemish Parliament (regional and community assembly)
• Walloon Parliament (regional assembly)
• Parliament of the French(-speaking) Community of Belgium (community assembly)
• Parliament of the German-speaking Community of Belgium (community assembly)
• Commission communautaire française (COCOF)
• Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC)

External link

• Brussels Parliament (http://www.parlbru.irisnet.be/en/home_en.htm) official webpage
• Parliament groups
  • Socialist Party group (http://www.groupeps.be/) (available in French only)
  • Liberal group (http://www.groupe-mr.irisnet.be/) (available in French only)
  • Green Party group (http://www.ecolo.be/groupe.parlementaire.CRB.php) (available in French only)
  • Christian democrat group (http://www.lecdh.be/parlementaires/parlbru.htm) (available in French only)