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
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
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 Steady 5 5 Steady 31 31 Steady
Socialist Party (PS) 19 19 Steady 5 5 Steady 24 24 Steady
The Committed Ones (LE) 17 17 Steady 2 2 Steady 19 19 Steady
Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB) 8 8 Steady 4 4 Steady 12 12 Steady
Ecolo 5 5 Steady 2 2 Steady 7 7 Steady
Free and Responsible (lib.res) 1 Increase1 1 Increase1
Democratic Federalist Independent (DéFI) 0 0 Steady 1 0 Decrease1 1 0 Decrease1
Total 75 75 Steady 19 19 Steady 94 94 Steady

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

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