Walloons are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group native to Wallonia and the immediate adjacent regions of France,Germany,Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Walloons primarily speak langues d'oïl such as Belgian French,Picard and Walloon. Walloons are historically and primarily Roman Catholic.
Walloon Brabant is a province located in Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia. It borders on the province of Flemish Brabant and the provinces of Liège,Namur and Hainaut. Walloon Brabant's capital and largest city is Wavre.
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.
Walloon is a Romance language that is spoken in much of Wallonia and in Brussels,Belgium;some villages near Givet,northern France;and a clutch of communities in northeastern Wisconsin,U.S. It belongs to the langues d'oïl language family,the most prominent member of which is French. The historical background of its formation was the territorial extension since 980 of the Principality of Liège to the south and west. Walloon is classified as "definitely endangered" by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
The Parliament of Wallonia is the legislative body of Wallonia,one of the three self-governing regions of Belgium. The parliament building,the former Hospice Saint-Gilles,is situated in Namur,the capital of Wallonia,at the symbolic confluence of the Meuse and the Sambre,the two main rivers of the most inhabited parts of Wallonia,the Sillon industriel. On the other side of the Meuse,facing the Parliament,is the Élysette,the seat of the Government of Wallonia.
"The Song of the Walloons" is the regional anthem of Wallonia in Belgium. The original lyrics were written by Théophile Bovy in 1900 in the Walloon language. A year later,it was set to music composed by Louis Hillier. Performed for the first time in the city of Liège,the song quickly spread to other parts of French-speaking Belgium and established itself like a "national" anthem for Wallonia.
The politics of Wallonia concern the government of Wallonia,that is the southern Region of Belgium.
The Walloon Movement is an umbrella term for all Belgium political movements that either assert the existence of a Walloon identity and of Wallonia and/or defend French culture and language within Belgium,either within the framework of the 1830 Deal or either defending the linguistic rights of French-speakers. The movement began as a defence of the primacy of French but later gained political and socio-economic objectives. In French,the terms wallingantisme and wallingants are also used to describe,sometimes pejoratively,the movement and its activists. To a lesser extent,the Walloon Movement is also associated with the representation of the small German-speaking population in the East Belgium of the Walloon Region.
The Walloon Movement traces its ancestry to 1856 when literary and folkloric movements based around the Society of Walloon language and literature began forming. Despite the formation of the Society of Walloon Literature,it was not until around 1880 that a "Walloon and French-speaking defense movement" appeared,following the linguistic laws of the 1870s. The movement asserted the existence of Wallonia and a Walloon identity while maintaining the defense of the French language.
The Walloon Government or Government of Wallonia is the executive branch of Wallonia,and it is part of one of the six main governments of Belgium. It sits in Namur,where the Parliament of Wallonia is seated as well.
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.
Bel RTL is a commercial radio network broadcasting in Brussels and Wallonia. The station is owned by the Radio H holding company,which is part of the Luxembourg-based RTL Group. It is now owned by DPG Media and Groupe Rossel since 31 March 2022.
The War of the Cow (1272–78),in French Guerre de la Vache,was a conflict in the Holy Roman Empire between the Prince-Bishopric of Liège under Bishop John of Enghien and the Marquisate of Namur under Marquis Guy of Dampierre. What began as a dispute over stolen property between a peasant from one jurisdiction and a burgess from another became a major regional conflict requiring the arbitration of King Philip III of France,who ordered the restoration of the status quo ante bellum in 1278.
AndréAntoine is a Belgian politician,minister and mayor. He has been a member of the francophone cdH since 1980. He was elected to the presidency of the Wallon parliament on 22 July 2014.
The Belgian provincial,municipal and district elections of 2018 took place on Sunday 14 October 2018. They are organised by the respective regions:
The Élysette is the executive seat of the Government of Wallonia. It houses the office of the Minister-President of Wallonia,and is located in Namur,Namur province,Belgium.
Zakia Khattabi is a Belgian-Moroccan politician who was the co-president of the Ecolo party.
Georges-Louis Bouchez (GLB),is a Belgian politician and lawyer. Since 2019 he has served as a Senator and leader of Mouvement réformateur.
Laure Lekane is a worker and politician from Belgium. She serves in the Parliament of Wallonia,Parliament of the French Community and the Senate of Belgium as a member of the Workers Party of Belgium.
Anne C.S.M. Barzin is a Belgian politician. She was a representative in the Chamber of Representatives from 1999 to 2007,a member of the Parliament of Wallonia from 2007 to 2014 and a Senator in the Senate of Belgium from 2014 to 2019. She was a member of the Liberal Reformist Party and the Reformist Movement.
