Everything about The French Community Of Belgium totally explained
The
French Community of Belgium ( ) is one of the three
official communities in
Belgium along with the
Flemish Community and the
German speaking Community. Although its name could suggest that it's a community of
French citizens in Belgium, it's not. The French Community of Belgium is rather not a group of people or inhabitants, but an
official institution of which the name refers to
French-speaking Belgian citizens. As such, it's sometimes called the French-speaking Community of Belgium. The French Community of Belgium has its own
parliament,
government and administration.
Alternative namings
The names
Communauté Wallonie-Bruxelles and
Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles are sometimes used to refer to institutions of the French Community of Belgium or more broadly to institutions which are common to the French Community of Belgium, the
Walloon Region and the
Commission communautaire française (COCOF, a French-speaking institution of the
Brussels-Capital Region)
(External Link
). These two names are not mentioned in the
Belgian constitution, and only in a few official legal texts, such as the "
Arrêté du Gouvernement de la Communauté française fixant le code de qualité et de l'accueil" of
December 17,
2003, mentioning the name "
Communauté Wallonie-Bruxelles", and the "
Arrêté du Gouvernement de la Communauté française approuvant le programme quinquennal de promotion de la santé 2004-2008 of
April 30,
2004, mentioning the name "
Communauté française Wallonie-Bruxelles".
These names are contested by some Flemings, who feel that they may produce confusion about the differences between regional and community institutions. Some people may mistakenly interpret these names to refer to the common institutions of the Walloon Region, the Brussels-Capital Region and the COCOF, whereas they in fact only refer to the institution of the "French Community of Belgium".
Comparison with "Flanders"
Another known confusion sometimes arises from the term '
Flanders' which can refer to two different political institutions and concepts, being the
Flemish Region and the
Flemish Community. 'Flanders', though not named in the Belgian constitution either, is more widely used in official publications, because the region has passed its constitutional competencies towards the community – whereas the
Walloon Region and the French Community of Belgium remain separate. On the other hand, that name 'Flanders' doesn't create any "exclusion" towards the other linguistic group in the Brussels-Capital Region, being the French-speakers (exclusion or denial considered by some Flemings as being implicated by the name of
Communauté Wallonie-Bruxelles).
List of Ministers-President of the French Community
Further Information
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