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	Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Parliament of the United Kingdom was originally formed in 1707 by the Acts of Union that replaced the former parliaments of England and Scotland - the Irish Parliament was subsumed into the Imperial Parliament in 1801.
		In the United Kingdom, Parliament consists of the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Monarch.
		The Malaysian Houses of Parliament in Kuala Lumpur.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliament (2791 words)

	Flemish Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Flemish Parliament (Dutch: Vlaams Parlement, and formerly called Flemish Council or Vlaamse Raad) constitutes the legislative power in Flanders, for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders, both as a geographic region and a cultural and linguistic community of Belgium.
		Language use: including language use in schools and universities, in the flemish and local administrations, and in relations between employers and employees in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, with the exception of the communes enjoying ‘language facilities’ (exception limited to the extent of the facilities itself).
		After their creation, the Flemish regional and community institutions were united to form the unified Flemish legislative council, the Vlaamse Raad, now called Vlaams Parlement, after it was officially renamed on June 13, 1995.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flemish_Parliament (551 words)

	The Flemish Community and the Flemish Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The members of the Flemish Parliament were elected for the first time on 21 May 1995.
		It is thus a "legislative parliament' which means that it cannot be dissolved before the end of the period that it has been elected for.
		Certain public assignments are done by specialised public institutions such as VRT (Flemish television), De Lijn (Flemish public transport company), Kind en Gezin (Family and child agency), OVAM (Flemish waste agency) and VDAB (the Flemish agency for job centres and occupational training, equivalent to the Employment Office in the U.K.).
	www.hrwf.net /html/b_n_minorities_FlemishCommunity-Region.html (695 words)

	The Flemish Republic
		In the Flemish parliament the Vlaams Belang (VB) is the largest party.
		Belgium’s federal Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt is pressuring the Flemish Parliament to ratify the EU Constitution before the end of this year, which would allow Belgium to join the small group of nations that has already approved the constitution.
		At the western end lies the Belgian parliament and the office of Verhofstadt, whose residence is called Lambermont House — the “Lambermonster.” The VB hopes to slay the two monsters and is not keen on replacing the little Belgian monster by the bigger European one.
	www.flemishrepublic.org /current_issue.php?id=45 (452 words)

	Politics of Belgium
		Of the Senators representing the communities, 10 are elected by the Flemish Council, 10 by the French Council, and 1 by the German-language Council.
		The Verhofstadt government is comprised of the Flemish and francophone Liberals, Flemish and francophone Socialists, and the Flemish and francophone Greens, the first Liberal-led coalition in generations, the first six-party coalition in 20 years, and the first Green participation ever in Belgium's federal government.
		Flemish and francophone cultural councils were established with authority in matters relating to language and culture for the two language groups.
	www.fastload.org /po/Politics_of_Belgium.html (3595 words)

	ICF 2005 - Federalism
		The Flemish Parliament has 124 members: the 118 Council members who are directly elected in the Flemish Region and six Dutch speakers who are directly elected by voters from the Brussels-Capital Region.
		The Flemish Parliament votes on decrees: the laws of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region.
		The institutions of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region are combined: a single Parliament and a single Government exercise the regional and the community powers.
	www.federalism2005.be /communities (486 words)

	Belgium backs beleaguered EU constitution - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance
		Flemish lawmakers approved Wednesday the draft EU constitution, in a vote which lifts the last obstacle to Belgium's ratification of the beleaguered European charter, officials said.
		The parliament of Flanders, the northern region of the federal country, voted by 84 votes in favour, 29 against and one abstention for the constitution, which was almost killed by French and Dutch "no" votes last year.
		As well as the Flemish parliament, six assemblies have had to back the charter in Belgium: the federal parliament and senate, the parliament of the French-speaking Wallonia region, that of the French Community, the parliament of the German-speaking community and the parliament of the Brussels region.
	www.eubusiness.com /Institutions/060208185312.yu6npgrp (560 words)

	National minorities : the linguistic dimension (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		According to the Flemish government, the facilities only apply to the administrated and not to the administrators and therefore only Dutch may be spoken in the council of the commune.
		That explains why all Flemish political parties unanimously reject the idea to solve the problems of the French-speaking populations in the communes with facilities through their integration into a bigger Brussels-Capital Region in exchange for a better political representation of the Dutch-speaking population in the Brussels institutions.
		Flemish parties refuse to ratify the Convention because they say there are no minorities in Belgium or they only envisage it if there is a clausula saying that the French-speaking population in the periphery of Brussels is not a minority.
	www.hrwf.net /html/b_n_minorities_EBelgiumMinorities.html (1916 words)

	Court of Audit of Belgium - Publications - Flemish Community
		The decree on innovation and IWT-Vlaanderen (Flemish institute for the promotion of scientific and technological research in the industry), Parliamentary documents, Parliament of the Flemish Community, Document 37-D (2002-2003), Nr 1.
		The outsourcing of the data-processing function at the Ministry of the Flemish Community, Parliamentary documents, Parliament of the Flemish Community, Document 37-A (2002-2003), Nr 1.
		The efficiency and the transparency of the policy implementation by the museums of the Flemish Community, Parliamentary documents, Parliament of the Flemish Community, 38 (2001-2002), Nr 1.
	www.ccrek.be /EN/PublicationsFlemishCommunity.htm (1335 words)

	Belgium (06/05)
		Flemish Parliament and government for regional and community affairs; Walloon Regional Parliament and government for Walloon regional affairs; Francophone Community Parliament and government for Francophone community affairs; Brussels Regional Parliament and government for Brussels regional affairs; and German-language Community Parliament and government for community affairs.
		In 1970, Flemish and Francophone cultural councils were established with authority in matters of language and culture for the two-language groups.
		Of the 21 Senators representing the communities, 10 are elected by the Flemish Parliament, 10 by the French Community Parliament, and 1 by the German-language Parliament.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/b/60336.htm (5294 words)

	flandersonline.org - Flemish parliament to claim more important European role
		The Flemish parliament is trying to play a more important part in the European Union (EU), even though only national states such as Belgium are recognized as official members of the Union.
		Flemish parliament chairman De Batselier (SP.A) wants his assembly to get more involved in the EU decision making process anyway.
		He thinks the Flemish parliament must not stay on the sidelines, especially when it comes to ratifying the EU Constitution, all the more since the Flemish citizens won't be questioned on the issue through a referendum, contrary to most of the other EU residents.
	www.flandersonline.org /news/120/614 (244 words)

	Expatica's Belgian news in English: Flemish MPs approve draft EU Constitution
		BRUSSELS — The Flemish Parliament cleared the last hurdle on Wednesday for Belgium's formal ratification of the EU Constitution.
		Flemish MPs approved the constitution with a large majority, with 84 votes in favour and 29 MPs opposed.
		The EU constitution had to be ratified by seven parliaments in Belgium: the Flemish parliament, Wallonian Parliament, French Community Parliament, the German-speaking community Parliament, the Brussels Parliament as well as the Belgian federal Parliament and Senate.
	www.expatica.com /source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=24&story_id=27509 (228 words)

	American Renaissance News
		The cause for Flemish independence was boosted enormously on 13 June when the Vlaams Blok, striving for a secession of Dutch-speaking Flanders from Belgium, became the biggest party in the country.
		It won 32 of the 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament, three more than the Christian-Democrats, who, in an attempt to stop the rise of the Vlaams Blok, had gone to the elections in a “cartel” with a centrist (though equally separatist) Flemish-nationalist party, the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), that got 6 seats.
		From 3 percent of the Flemish vote in the 1987 general elections, the Vlaams Blok jumped to 10.3 in 1991, 12.3 in 1995, 15.8 in 1999, 18.2 in 2003 and 24.1 percent today.
	www.amren.com /news/news04/06/30/vlaamsblok.html (792 words)

	Friends of Europe - News detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The consent of the Flemish parliament represented the last hurdle for the federal state of Belgium to formally ratify the text.
		The Flemish prime minister Yves Leterme said that his government will only endorse the Flemish parliament's vote if Belgium's regions clinch a deal on the application of the subsidiarity or "early warning" clause in the constitution.
		The EU constitution had to be ratified by seven parliaments in Belgium: apart from the Flemish parliament, the parliament of the French-speaking Wallonia region, the parliament of the French Community, that of the German-speaking community, the parliament of bilingual Brussels, as well as the Belgian federal parliament and the senate.
	www.friendsofeurope.org /news_detail.asp?ID=657&page=det (570 words)

	Belgium Government Information
		The allocation of powers between the Parliament and the Cabinet is somewhat similar to the United States--the Parliament enacts legislation and appropriates funds--but the Belgian Parliament does not have the same degree of independent poser that the U.S. Congress has.
		The Verhofstadt government is comprised of Flemish and Francophone Liberals, Flemish and Francophone Socialists, and Flemish and Francophone Greens.
		Flemish Parliament with the Flemish Government for regional, educational, and cultural affairs; Walloon Regional Council (legislator) and government for Walloon Regional Affairs; Francophone Community Council and government for Francophone cultural and educational affairs; Brussels Regional Council and government for Brussels regional affairs; and German language Community Council and government for cultural and educational affairs.
	www.traveldocs.com /be/govern.htm (3073 words)

	EPTA - Flanders
		The Flemish Regional Parliament and Government are responsible for legislation and policy in the fields of education, environment, and science and technology policy, though some competences are shared with the Belgian federal level.
		The last became a key issue in the 1999 general elections and in November 1999, a proposal for a TA institution was laid before the Flemish Parliament and discussed in Joint Committees.
		In June 2000, the Flemish Parliament voted for the establishment of a parliamentary TA institution.
	www.eptanetwork.org /EPTA/members.php?country=Flanders (356 words)

	Flemish Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Flemish Parliament consists of all the Council members directly elected in the Flemish Region and the six Dutch-speaking members of the Brussels-Capital Parliament.
		In order to prevent that the number of members of parliament should increase excessively, at the beginning, the institutions of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region were merged.
		The Flemish Parliament votes on decrees: these are the laws of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region.
	www.belgium.be /eportal/application?languageParameter=en&pageid=contentPage&docId=6646 (275 words)

	ICF 2005 - Federalism
		The powers of the Flemish Region and the Flemish Community are exercised by a single Parliament and a single Government: the Flemish Parliament and the Flemish Government.
		The Parliament and the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region were only established during the constitutional reform of 1988-1989.
		The Flemish Community Commission is composed of the 17 elected Dutch-speaking members of the Brussels-Capital Council, the Brussels Parliament.
	www.federalism2005.be /regions (594 words)

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		Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
	www.gksoft.com /govt/en/parliaments.html (650 words)

	English summary
		The late sixties were not exactly the quietest years in Belgian history: the language conflict raged and focused on the Flemish demand to split up the Catholic University of Leuven into one university for the Flemish population and one for the Walloon population.
		the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region and the Region of Brussels.
		The Flemish Trainer School organizes training courses in several disciplines enabling students to graduate as sports initiator/sports leader, trainer B, trainer A; it also organizes training courses giving access to jobs such as life guard, bath superintendent, administrator of sports facilities and sports official.
	www.bloso.be /public/summary/summary.asp (1792 words)

	Expatriate Online - Your Bookmark to Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Flemish prime minister Yves Leterme has said that like Belgium's federal government his administration will not stage a referendum.
		On Wednesday the Flemish government tabled legislation in the Flemish parliament with a view to ratifying the European constitution.
		The main opposition party in the Flemish parliament the hard right Vlaams Belang wants the people of Flanders to have their own say on the constitution.
	www.expatriate-online.com /news/newsstory.cfm?story_no=1822 (187 words)

	viWTA: vlaams instituut voor wetenschappelijk en technologisch aspectenonderzoek
		The establishment of the viWTA is part of the policy of the Flemish Parliament to be a 'Glass House'.
		The main role of the viWTA is to advise the Flemish Parliament, either on its own initiative or in response to a question of the Members of the Flemish Parliament.
		In order to emphasize the link with the Flemish Parliament and to guarantee its independence, the viWTA as a parliamentary institution is situated in the buildings of the Flemish Parliament in the centre of Brussels.
	www.viwta.be /content/en/inf_Flemish_Parliament_and_TA.cfm (300 words)

	British National Party - Chairman Nick Griffin - Working to secure a future for British children
		Though the Vlaams Blok was Belgium's biggest party and occupied a third of the seats in the Flemish Parliament, we felt compelled to disband.
		They can, however, be deprived of their funds by a parliamentary majority in case of a conviction of "racism" or if they fail to accept the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 4 November 1950 and the related protocols ratified by Belgium.
		It is an instrument for the advancement of the national and cultural identity of Flanders.
	www.bnp.org.uk /articles/fromvbtovb.htm (1307 words)

	The Flemish Parliament. Vlaams Parlement
		The Flemish Parliament is the basis of Flemish democracy.
		The Flemish government institutions consist of the Flemish Parliament, the Flemish Government, the Ministry of the Flemish Community and the Flemish public institutions.
		The Flemish Parliament constitutes the legislative power in the Flemish state.
	www.vlaamsparlement.be /vpWeb/p3app/htmlpages/vp/AndereTalen/Engels/English.html (77 words)

	FSRC Federalism Report - Chapter 4
		The Flemish Community Council and the parliament and government of the Flemish Region immediately elected to merge their institutions, creating a single Flemish Parliament and Flemish Government.
		Special provision was made for the representation in the Flemish Parliament of the Dutch-speaking community of Brussels.
		The Flemish Parliament has 124 members, 118 directly elected by the inhabitants of the Flemish Region and 6 elected among the Dutch-speaking representatives of the Brussels Regional Council.
	www.parliament.vic.gov.au /fsrc/Report3/body/chapter4.htm (1928 words)

	Expatica's Belgian news in English: First woman as Flemish Parliament speaker
		BRUSSELS — Flemish MPs voted Marleen Vanderpoorten as the new speaker of the Flemish Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday.
		De Batselier, a Socialist SP.A MP, was the Flemish parliamentary speaker for 12 years, presiding over sessions of the Flemish parliament.
		Liberal VLD MP Vanderpoorten is the first woman to be appointed as speak of the Flemish parliament, VRT reported.
	www.expatica.com /source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=24&story_id=31537&RSS (124 words)

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