Chronique de droit Constitutionnel - Belgique
(2011) The European Review of Public Law — Vol. 23, n° 3, p. 907-920 (2011)
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- (en) During the period 2009-2011, the Belgian State has been living by the rhythm of elections and political crises. Never has the political life of the country been thus hectic. The June 2009 regional and European elections have been followed, a few months later, by the appointment of Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as President of the European Council. The following year, a profound political crisis led to snap elections. The difficulty of reconciling the concerns of the winning parties prevented the immediate formation of a full-exercise government. Disagreements regarded mainly the extension of regional competencies. Discussions proceed as far as three issues are concerned: the functioning of justice, healthcare and employment. This rebalancing of competencies might incite, sooner or later, a reexamination of the status of certain public authorities. The King, the Senate and the Constitutional Court are subject to these reflections. However, three classical questions reappear. They regard the functioning of the legislature (power verification), of the executive (management of current affairs) and of the judiciary (the status of the Council of State). Finally, following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, constitutional, legislative and regulatory reforms are necessary in order for the rules in force in the Belgian legal order to be in accordance with the new EU ones.
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Delpérée, F. (2011). Chronique de droit Constitutionnel - Belgique. The European Review of Public Law, 23(3), 907-920. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/30788 (Original work published 2011)