Assesse is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur,Belgium.
Vooruit is a Flemish social democratic political party in Belgium. It was known as the (Flemish) Socialist Party until 21 March 2021,when its current name was adopted.
Ecolo,officially Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales is a French-speaking political party in Belgium based on green politics. The party is active in Wallonia,the Brussels-Capital Region,and the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
The Federal Government of Belgium exercises executive power in the Kingdom of Belgium. It consists of ministers and secretary of state drawn from the political parties which form the governing coalition. The federal government is led by the prime minister of Belgium,and ministers lead ministries of the government. Ministers together form the Council of Ministers,which is the supreme executive organ of the government.
Patokh Chodiev is a Belgian-Uzbek oligarch and philanthropist.
Belgium participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Dis oui" written by Philippe Swan. The song was performed by Mélanie Cohl. The Walloon broadcaster Radio Télévision Belge de la CommunautéFrançaise (RTBF) returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their relegation from 1997 as one of the six countries with the least average points over the preceding four contests. The Belgian entry for the 1998 contest in Birmingham,United Kingdom was selected through the national final Finale Nationale Concours Eurovision de la Chanson 1998,organised by RTBF. In the final on 13 March 1998 which featured ten competing entries,"Dis oui" performed by Mélanie Cohl was selected as the winner solely by public televoting,receiving 15,424 votes.
Alexander De Croo is a Belgian politician and businessman who has served as the prime minister of Belgium since October 2020.
Federal elections were held in Belgium on 25 May 2014. All 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives were elected,whereas the Senate was no longer directly elected following the 2011–2012 state reform. These were the first elections held under King Philippe's reign.
The Council of Ministers is the supreme executive organ of the Federal Government of the Kingdom of Belgium. It is a cabinet composed of the Prime Minister,who leads it,and up to fourteen senior ministers. Federal secretaries of state are members of the government,but not part of the Council. The King of the Belgians historically presided over the Council,but this has not happened since 1957. The Council of Ministers formally became a permanent policy structure with the constitutional revision of 1970.
Federal elections were held in Belgium on 26 May 2019,alongside the country's European and regional elections. All 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives were elected from eleven multi-member constituencies.
In the run up to the 2019 Belgian federal election,various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Belgium. Results of such polls are displayed in this article.
In the run up to the 2024 Belgian federal election,various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Belgium. The date range for these polls are from the 2019 Belgian federal election,held on 25 May,to the present day. The results of nationwide polls are usually numerically split into the three Belgian regions:Flanders,Brussels and Wallonia. Federal seat projections for the Chamber of Representatives are presented together under these regional polls. The federal election will be part of a group of elections which also include the regional elections and the European elections. Some polls might be undefined voting intentions without differentiating between the elections.
Zakia Khattabi is a Belgian-Moroccan politician who was the co-president of the Ecolo party.
In Belgium,the government formation of 2019–2020 started one day after the federal elections,regional elections and European elections which were all held simultaneously on 26 May 2019. These formations were only the second under King Philippe.
The Wilmès II Government was a minority Federal Government of Belgium,led by Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès,the first female Prime Minister of Belgium.
The De Croo Government is the incumbent Federal Government of Belgium,led by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo since 1 October 2020.
Sarah Schlitz is a Belgian politician from Ecolo. She was Belgian Secretary of State for Gender Equality,Equal Opportunity and Diversity in the government of the prime minister Alexander De Croo.
Belgian apologies to the Congo are the subject of a societal debate in Belgium over the expression of apologies for the role that country has played in the atrocities that have been committed in the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo between 1885 and 1960,and the colony of Ruanda-Urundi (1924–1962).
Federal elections are scheduled to be held in Belgium on 9 June 2024. The 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives will be elected for a five-year term. European and regional elections are scheduled to take place on the same day.
