The Wallonia-Brussels French Community is a federated entity with its own parliament and its own government. Like the country's other Communities, the Wallonia-Brussels French Community has jurisdiction in education matters, as well as cultural and individual matters.
The French Community has 94 Members of Parliament with a 5 year mandate. The unique thing about them is that they are not elected directly. As a matter of fact, the Wallonia-Brussels French Community Parliament is made up of the 75 members of the Wallonia Regional Council and 19 members from the Brussels-Capital Regional Council, who are delegated by it.
The French Community Parliament exercises its legislative power by adopting decrees. These are not subordinate to the laws voted for by the Federal Parliament. Before they are adopted, the decrees are subject to examination by the Council of State, which gives an opinion relating mainly to the constitutionality of the text submitted to it. In addition, decrees can still be subject to appeal before the Court of Arbitration if they do not respect the division of jurisdiction between the various legislators in the country or if they violate certain articles of the Constitution.
The current political majority in the French Community Parliament is made up of the PRL (Liberal Reform Party) - FDF (French Speakers' Democratic Front) - MCC (Movement of Citizens for Change), the Parti socialiste (Belgian Socialist Party) and the Parti Ecolo (Belgian Green Party), whereas the Sociaux-chrétiens (Social Christian Party) sit on the opposition benches. This majority gives the Government of the French Community, which is made up of 7 ministers, its political confidence.
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