The 2013 Senate reform and the representation of linguistic minorities in Belgium

After years of political crises and negotiations, the deep-rooted conflict between Dutch- and French-speaking parties recently led to the 2011 agreement concerning a further reform of the Belgian state. This reform mainly furthers decentralises the – already federal – state structure, including the allocation of additional competences and fiscal powers to sub-national entities (Regions and Communities). But this new state reform also brings about a radical reform of the upper house: the Belgian Senate. Since 1995, the Senate was composed of three different types of members: Senators directly e... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Dandoy, Régis
Dodeigne, Jérémy
Reuchamps, Min
23rd Wolrd Congress of Political Science of the International political science association
Dokumenttyp: conferenceObject
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Schlagwörter: Federalism / Belgium / Senate
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/154205