Parliament of the French Community
Parliament of the French Community Parlement de la Communauté française | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Benoît Dispa, LE since July 15th 2024 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 94 |
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Political groups | Government (50) Opposition (44) |
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
Last election | 9 June 2024 |
Next election | 2029 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Hôtel de Ligne, Brussels | |
| Website | |
| http://www.pfwb.be/ | |
The Parliament of the French Community (French: Parlement de la Communauté française [paʁləmɑ̃ d(ə) la kɔmynote fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; 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 Benoît Dispa (LE).
Bureau
The Bureau of Parliament has been composed as follows:
- Chairman: Benoît Dispa (LE)
- 1st vice-president: Caroline Cassart-Mailleux (MR)
- 2nd vice-president: Özlem Özen (PS)
- 3rd vice-president: Anne Laffut (MR)
- Secretary: Sabine Roberty (PS)
- Secretary: Bruno Bauwens (PTB)
- Secretary: Stéphanie Cortisse (MR)
Compositions
2024-2029
| Affiliation | Waloons | Brussels | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 election | current | +/− | 2024 election | current | +/− | 2024 election | current | +/− | ||
| Reformist Movement (MR) | 26 | 26 |  | 5 | 5 | | 31 | 31 | | |
| Socialist Party (PS) | 19 | 19 | | 5 | 5 | | 24 | 24 | | |
| The Committed Ones (LE) | 17 | 17 | | 2 | 2 | | 19 | 19 | | |
| Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB) | 8 | 8 | | 4 | 4 | | 12 | 12 | | |
| Ecolo | 5 | 5 | | 2 | 2 | | 7 | 7 | | |
| Free and Responsible (lib.res) | – | – | – | – | 1 |  1 | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Democratic Federalist Independent (DéFI) | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 |  1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 75 | 75 | | 19 | 19 | | 94 | 94 | | |
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
- Government of the French Community
- Minister-President of the French Community
- Walloon Parliament
- Flemish Parliament
- Parliament of the German-speaking Community
External links
- Official website
- Communauté française de Belgique — Official site of the French Community.
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| Flemish Region and Community (merged institutions) | ||||||||||
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