Parliament of the German-speaking Community

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The Parliament of the German-speaking Community is the legislative body representing Belgium’s German-speaking minority, responsible for regional laws and oversight within its autonomous community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf regional parliament
unicameral legislature
abbreviation PDG
belongsTo German-speaking Community
surface form: German-speaking Community institutions
coatOfArms Coat of arms of the German-speaking Community of Belgium
constitutionalStatus legislative assembly of a federated entity
country Belgium
electionInterval 5 years
electionType direct election
electorate residents of the German-speaking Community with voting rights
elects Government of the German-speaking Community
establishedInYear 1973
flag Flag of the German-speaking Community of Belgium
hasAuthorityOver certain social policy matters in the German-speaking Community
culture policy in the German-speaking Community
education policy in the German-speaking Community
use of languages in its competence areas
hasCommittee various standing committees
hasRole budgetary authority for the German-speaking Community
control of the executive of the German-speaking Community
hasSession committee sessions
plenary sessions
jurisdiction German-speaking Belgium
surface form: German-speaking Community of Belgium
legalSystem Belgian law
legislativeBodyOf German-speaking Belgium
surface form: German-speaking Community of Belgium
legislativeType unicameral
locatedIn Eupen
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Province of Liège
Wallonia
meetsIn Eupen
meetsInBuilding Parliament building in Eupen
numberOfMembers 25
officialLanguage German
officialName Parliament of the German-speaking Community self-linksurface differs
surface form: Parlament der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft
oversees Government of the German-speaking Community
partOf federal political system of Belgium
passes decrees of the German-speaking Community
previousName Rat der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft
regionServed East Belgium
surface form: East Cantons of Belgium
renamedInYear 2004
represents German-speaking Belgium
surface form: German-speaking Community of Belgium
sessionRoom Plenary chamber in Eupen
supervises implementation of decrees of the German-speaking Community
termLength 5 years
typeOfLaw decree
votingSystem proportional representation
website https://www.pdg.be

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German-speaking Community hasParliament Parliament of the German-speaking Community
German-speaking Community legislativeBody Parliament of the German-speaking Community
Ecolo representedIn Parliament of the German-speaking Community
German-speaking Belgium hasLegislature Parliament of the German-speaking Community
East Belgium legislativeBody Parliament of the German-speaking Community
Minister-President of the German-speaking Community appointedBy Parliament of the German-speaking Community
Minister-President of the German-speaking Community accountableTo Parliament of the German-speaking Community
Parliament of the French Community relatedBody Parliament of the German-speaking Community
DG legislativeBody Parliament of the German-speaking Community
subject surface form: German-speaking Community of Belgium
Parliament of the German-speaking Community officialName Parliament of the German-speaking Community self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Parlament der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft
Government of the German-speaking Community legislativeBody Parliament of the German-speaking Community
Government of the German-speaking Community appointedBy Parliament of the German-speaking Community
Government of the German-speaking Community accountableTo Parliament of the German-speaking Community
Eupen hasCulturalInstitution Parliament of the German-speaking Community