Status of members of Belgian parliament
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Katedra Prawa Konstytucyjnego Wydziału Prawa
i Administracji Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
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Katedra Prawa Międzynarodowego Wydziału Prawa
i Administracji Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Publication date: 2020-01-24
Studia Politologiczne 2012;23
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Belgian Parliament consists of House Representatives and Senate and the status
of its members is similar to status of MP’s in most European countries. Some
differences worth noting derive of organization of Belgian state, which is a federal
country with strong national and ethnic elements. The mandate of MP’s is a free
mandate. The members of both houses represent the whole Belgian Nation are not
bound by any instructions coming from their electors. The most characteristic of
status of Belgian MP’s is their appurtenance to language groups what influences
their way of realizing the mandate. Apart of language issues, status of Belgian
MP’s can be also characterized by material conditions of executing the mandate
and scope of immunities, both material and formal ones.