Dear websurfer,
Belgium's Federal Parliament is made up of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The parliament reflects the wide range of views held by the Belgian people. The Federal Parliament makes legislations that regulate the social relationships in our country. It also monitors the activities of the Federal Government.
As Chairman of the Belgian Senate, I hope the information we provide on the World Wide Web will contribute to greater openness as this is essential to parliamentary democracy.
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Sabine de Bethune, Chairman of the Belgian Senate |
Visitors are shown a 20-minute film introducing the Senate and Chambers of Representatives.
This film is also available online to download and view.
You can choose between the English, Dutch, German and French language versions of the film.
For the hard of hearing there is also a fully subtitled version in each of the above-mentioned languages.
| Brochures about the federal parliament | |
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| Belgian Senate's Rwanda parliamentary commission of inquiry | |
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| Chapters 4 and 5 of the report of the "Belgian Senate's Rwanda parliamentary commission of inquiry" |
| Reports of international seminars held in the Federal Parliament | |
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| 30-31 May 2002 | Digitisation of
parliamentary information and archives by the
ECPRD : Double seminar Brussels 2002 - The Hague 2003 |
| 13 November 2001 | The Senates and the Quality of Legislation (
pdf -
html ) by the Association of European Senates |
| 6-7 November 2001 | The Parliamentary Dimension of the
European Security and Defence Policy (
pdf -
html ) by the ESDP |
| 2-3 July 2001 | The European Security and Defence Policy (
html -
pdf ) by the ESDP |