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Status
Belgium is a kingdom. King Albert II
succeeded to the throne in 1993. His
authority is purely symbolic, with
executive power over the ministers. He can
dissolve the Federal Parliament.
It is the Prime Minister (presently Mr Guy
Verhofstadt) who runs the country, he is
responsible towards Parliament.
The
legislative power of the county is held by
the King, the Chamber of Representatives
and the Senate. The Chamber of
Representatives is composed of 150 members
who are elected by general election for a
four year term of office.There are 71
senators, 40 are elected for a four year
term, 21 are chosen by the communal
councils and co-opted by their peers, and
10 are senators by right.
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Historical
outline :
1830 Belgium becomes independent of
Holland.
1970 Belgium became a federal state made
up of three regions : the Walloons, the
Flemish region and the Region of Brussels.
Each region possesses its own government
(from 1980), with nine members responsible
towards a legislative assembly. The area
of responsibility covers the policies of
economy and labour, external trade,
tourism, applied scientific research,
transport and public works, housing,
planning and developement, environment and
agriculture, energy and water etc
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Geographical situation
The total surface area of Belgium is
30,513 sq. kms., the population is
10,200,000, making an average population
density of 334 inhabitants per sq. km.
It is situated to the north of France, to
the west of Germany and Luxemburg, to the
south of the Netherlands and on its east
coast is the North Sea (with the towns of
la Panne, Ostende, Blankenberg and
Zeebrugge).
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Economy
& statistics
The Belgian economy is doing well
generally. The gross national product of
the country for 1999 was 234 billion
dollars, making a GNP per inhabitant of
$22,880, rating Belgium among the very
rich countries.
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Agriculture
In spite of a great diversity of crops
(sugar beet, fruit and vegetables,
cereals, meat, milk products) Belgian
agriculture does not contribute a great
deal to the national economy and it
actually only occupies 1% of the
territory.
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5 - Industry
Belgian industry has been dominated
for decades by heavy industrial sectors,
mining, iron and steel, automobile and
chemical industries that are concentrated
in the Walloons. The steel industry now
belongs to foreigners.
The
foodstuff sector is another mainstay with
7,000 companies, 87,000 employees and a
150 billion BF turnover.
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Working
in Belgium
The Belgian government has been trying
to improve the work market by different
strategies, the latest measures deal with
the redistribution of work time and
temporary job contracts. This is
considered to be a "key element" in
reducing unemployment. The latest
measures taken concerning foreign workers
have dealt with setting up new structures
to receive foreign workers, the aim is to
improve the integration in the
country.
Working
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Brussels
Entry formalities:
You can enter Belgium with only an
identity card. There are no particular
formalities to be completed by other
members of the European community.
If you are going to reside in Belgium
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Fifteen days after your arrival you
have to register at the foreign section of
the municipality where you are
residing.
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Main
towns
The
main towns are : Anvers (Antwerp), Bruges
(Brugge), Bruxelles (Brussel), Courtrai
(Kortrijk), Gand (Gent), Liège
(Luik), Louvain (Leuven), Malines
(Mechelen), Mons (Bergen), Namur (Namen),
Tirelemont (Tienen), Ostende and
Bastogne.
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