The Belgian experiments of deliberative democracy – An analysis of the institutionalisation of deliberative citizen participation in multi-level Belgium

Sautter, Ann-Mireille;Reuchamps, Min
(2023) The Conference on the Future of Europe: National and Regional Participation in an Innovative Reform Process — ISBN: [978-3-7560-0435-5], p. 67-77, published

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Around the world, a rapidly increasing number of parliaments experiment with deliberative models allowing citizens to actively participate in public decision-making. Especially in Belgium, deliberative democracy appears to turn into a new form of democratic tradition. Since the innovative G1000, the country has progressed quickly on the subject. Within the last three years, the country has experienced a trend of institutionalisation as multiple parliaments within the federal system have permanently formalised deliberative mechanisms of citizen participation, namely the Parliament of the German-speaking Community, the Regional Parliament of the Brussels-Capital-Region as well as its components and the Regional Parliament of Wallonia. In this chapter we explore based on a ‘Three I approach’ why elected representatives choose to permanently cede autonomy by institutionalising deliberative citizen participation. We do so on the basis of interview data, observations and documentary data.
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Sautter, A.-M., & Reuchamps, M. (2023). The Belgian experiments of deliberative democracy – An analysis of the institutionalisation of deliberative citizen participation in multi-level Belgium. In Gabriele Abels (ed.), The Conference on the Future of Europe: National and Regional Participation in an Innovative Reform Process (p. p. 67-77). Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748937975