Parliament of the French Community

The Parliament of the French Community (French: Parlement de la Communauté française 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.

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
Seats94
Political groups
Government (50)
  •   MR (31)
  •   LE (19)

Opposition (44)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
Last election
9 June 2024
Next election
2029
Meeting place
Hôtel de Ligne, Brussels
Website
https://www.pfwb.be/

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

Bureau

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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

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2019-2024

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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

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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

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