Politics of Belgium Politics of Belgium The Arab European League or AEL is a small organisation founded by Dyab Abou Jahjah, a Lebanese-born Shi'a Muslim living in Belgium. The AEL attracted mostly second-generation Moroccans in Antwerp (Belgium), and a few in the Netherlands. It participated in elections in Belgium in 2003 under the umbrella RESIST with the pro- North Korean Workers Party of Belgium and in 2004 under the denomination Moslim Democratische Partij, getting less than 1% of the votes at both elections. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arab European League"
There are currently two intelligence services in Belgium. Because the country is a bilingual federal state each agency carries a Dutch and a French name. As opposed to the Belgian State Security Service, which is a civilian agency under the Ministry of Justice, the Belgian General Information and Security Service, (in Dutch, Algemene Dienst Inlichting en Veiligheid (ADIV), and in French, Service Général du Renseignement et de la Sécurité (SGRS)) is the military intelligence service under the Minister of National Defense. ...more on Wikipedia about "Belgian General Information and Security Service"
The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs have been: ...more on Wikipedia about "Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs"
An nationalistic ideology in Belgium that favours a strong central state, with less or no autonomy for the Flemish, the Walloon, the German speaking and Brussels bilingual nations within Belgium. It insists on restoring total sovereignty of the Belgian state level, after decades of state structure reforms that made Belgium a federal state since the 70s - contrary to Flemish nationalists who advocate independence of their region. Belgian nationalists advocate the unity between all language groups in Belgium, and condemn each chauvinistic or linguistic discrimination, advocate the knowledge of all official languages (Dutch, French, German) and a multicultural, tolerant strong feeling of citizenship. ...more on Wikipedia about "Belgian nationalism"
The Belgian State Security Service, known in Dutch as Veiligheid van de Staat, or Staatsveiligheid (SV), and in French as Sûreté de l'État (SE), is a civilian agency under the Ministry of Justice. The Algemene Dienst Inlichting en Veiligheid (ADIV) / Service Général du Renseignement et de la Sécurité (SGRS) or General Information and Security Service is the military intelligence service under the Minister of National Defense. ...more on Wikipedia about "Belgian State Security Service"
Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde (often abbreviated as "BHV") is a contentious Belgian electoral district in the center of the country that encompasses both the officially bilingual Brussels-Capital region as well as an officially unilingual Dutch-speaking area, Halle-Vilvoorde, around it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde"
The Flemish independence movement seeks independence for Flanders, currently part of Belgium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flemish independence" Don't hesitate to contact stuff on shortopedia
Jeune Europe (Young Europe) was a far right movement formed by Jean-François Thiriart in Belgium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jeune Europe"
A nuclear power phase-out is the discontinuation of usage of nuclear power for energy production. It includes the closing down of nuclear power plants. It was introduced in Sweden (1980), in Italy (1987), in Belgium (1999), and in Germany (2000) and has been discussed in several other European countries. Austria, the Netherlands, and Spain have enacted laws not to build new nuclear power stations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nuclear power phase-out"
The Belgian Parliament consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives ( French: Chambre des Représentants, Dutch: Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers). The House has 150 directly elected members. The Senate has 71 members. ...more on Wikipedia about "Politics of Belgium"
Jong Groen! (English, Young Green!) is the youth organization of Groen!, the Green party in Flanders and Brussels. ...more on Wikipedia about "Young Green!"
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