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"National holiday": {
"text": "Belgian National Day (ascension to the throne of King LEOPOLD I), 21 July (1831)"
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French Civil Code; note - Belgian law continues to be modified in conformance with the legislative norms mandated by the European Union; judicial review of legislative acts"
},
"Constitution": {
"history": {
"text": "drafted 25 November 1830, approved 7 February 1831, entered into force 26 July 1831, revised 14 July 1993 (creating a federal state)"
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"text": "\"revisions\" proposed as declarations by the federal government in accord with the king or by Parliament followed by dissolution of Parliament and new elections; adoption requires two-thirds majority vote of a two-thirds quorum in both houses of the next elected Parliament; amended many times, last in 2019"
}
},
"Legal system": {
"text": "civil law system based on the French Civil Code; note - Belgian law continues to be modified in conformance with the legislative norms mandated by the European Union; judicial review of legislative acts"
},
"International law organization participation": {
"text": "accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
},
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"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:<br>Senate or Senaat (in Dutch), Senat (in French) (60 seats; 50 members indirectly elected by the community and regional parliaments based on their election results, and 10 elected by the 50 other senators; members serve 5-year terms)<br>Chamber of Representatives or Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers (in Dutch), Chambre des Representants (in French) (150 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "Senate - last held 4 July 2019 (next to be held on 24 July 2024) <br>Chamber of Representatives - last held on 9 June 2024 (next to be held on 30 June 2029); note - elections coincided with the EU parliamentary elections"
"text": "Senate - last held 18 July 2024 (next to be held on 31 July 2029) <br>Chamber of Representatives - last held on 9 June 2024 (next to be held on 30 June 2029); note - elections coincided with the EU parliamentary elections"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - N-VA 15%, VB 12%, PS 12%, MR 12%, CD&amp;V 8.3%, Open VLD 8.3%, Ecolo 15%, SP.A 6.7%, CDH 3.3%, PVDA-PTB 8.3%; seats by party - N-VA 9, VB 7, PS 7, MR 7, CD&amp;V 5, Open VLD 5, Ecolo 9, SP.A 4, CDH 2, PVDA-PTB 5; composition - men 34, women 26, percent percentage women 43.3%<br><br>Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - N-VA 16.7%, VB 13.5%, MR 10.3%, PVDA-PTB 9.9%, Vooruit 8.1%, PS 8%, CD&amp;V 8%, Les Engages 6.8%, Open VLD 5.5%, Green 4.7%, Ecolo 3%, Defi 1%; seats by party - N-VA 24, VB 20, MR 20, PS 16, PVDA+PTB 15, Les Engages 14, Vooruit 13, CD&amp;V 11, Open VLD 7,Green 6, Ecolo 3, Defi 1; composition - men 86, women 64, percentage women 42.7%; total Parliament percentage women 42.9%"
"text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - N/A; seats by party - N-VA 10, MR 10, VB 8, PS 6, PVDA-PTB 6, CD&amp;V 5, Les Engages 5, Open VLD 3, Ecolo 3, Vooruit 4; composition - men 32, women 28, percent percentage women 46.7%<br><br>Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - N-VA 16.7%, VB 13.5%, MR 10.3%, PVDA-PTB 9.9%, Vooruit 8.1%, PS 8%, CD&amp;V 8%, Les Engages 6.8%, Open VLD 5.5%, Green 4.7%, Ecolo 3%, Defi 1%; seats by party - N-VA 24, VB 20, MR 20, PS 16, PVDA+PTB 15, Les Engages 14, Vooruit 13, CD&amp;V 11, Open VLD 7,Green 6, Ecolo 3, Defi 1; composition - men 86, women 64, percentage women 42.7%; total Parliament percentage women 42.9%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the 1993 constitutional revision that further devolved Belgium into a federal state created three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities; this reality leaves six governments, each with its own legislative assembly; changes above occurred since the sixth state reform"
},
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}
},
"Political parties": {
"text": "<strong>Flemish parties:</strong> <br>Christian Democratic and Flemish or CD&amp;V <br>Vooruit or Forward (formerly Social Progressive Alternative or SP.A)<br>Groen or Green  (formerly AGALEV, Flemish Greens)<br>New Flemish Alliance or N-VA <br>Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats or Open VLD <br>Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) or VB <br><strong>Francophone parties:</strong> <br>Ecolo (Francophone Greens) <br>Francophone Federalist Democrats or Defi <br>Les Engages (formerly Humanist and Democratic Center or CDH)<br>Reform Movement or MR <br>Socialist Party or PS <br>Workers' Party or PVDA-PTB "
"text": "<strong>Flemish parties:</strong> <br>Christian Democratic and Flemish or CD&amp;V <br>Vooruit or Forward (formerly Social Progressive Alternative or SP.A)<br>Groen or Green (formerly AGALEV, Flemish Greens)<br>New Flemish Alliance or N-VA <br>Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats or Open VLD <br>Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) or VB <br><strong>Francophone parties:</strong> <br>Ecolo (Francophone Greens) <br>Francophone Federalist Democrats or Defi <br>Les Engages (formerly Humanist and Democratic Center or CDH)<br>Reform Movement or MR <br>Socialist Party or PS <br>Workers' Party or PVDA-PTB"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "ADB (nonregional members), AfDB (nonregional members), Australia Group, Benelux, BIS, CD, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI (implementing country), EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, Pacific Alliance (observer), Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNOOSA, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
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"text": "$277.492 billion (2019 est.)"
}
},
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
"text": "-1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
},
"Public debt": {
"Public debt 2022": {
"text": "94.04% of GDP (2022 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2021": {
"text": "108.01% of GDP (2021 est.)"
},
"Public debt 2020": {
"text": "119.27% of GDP (2020 est.)"
},
"note": "<b>note:</b> central government debt as a % of GDP"
},
"Taxes and other revenues": {