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Autor | Marc Verdussen |
Cargo | Professeur á l'Universite de Louvain (UCL) |
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in the composition and powers of the Federal Parliament’s second chamber. The result is disappointing.
As regards the composition of the new Senate, the aim of making it a second chamber representing each of the federal
entities, and respecting their particular features, has not been achieved. Admittedly, 50 of the 60 senators are elected by
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division at the heart of the Belgian population, as in the Chamber of Representatives. That poses the question of the
real meaning of bicameralism.
As far as the powers of the new Senate are concerned, these have been reduced to the point where, today, it is the
weakest parliamentary institution in the Kingdom. The list of laws that the Senate can, or must, intervene in has been
considerably restricted.
Keywords: Belgium; Parliament; Senate; bicameralism; federalism.
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