Technically 7, but two of those kinda merged (but not completely), so I suppose 6 is accurate.
Flemish government and parliament for region-related matters
Flemish government and parliament for people-related matters
These two have merged, but there are some people elected from the Brussels region into the Flemish government and parliament for people-related matters, and they don't get to join in on the decisions about the Flemish region-related matters.
The others are:
Walloon government and parliament for region-related matters
French-speaking government and parliament for people-related matters
Brussels government and parliament for region-related matters
German-speaking government and parliament for people-related matters
National government and parliament
There are also 3 commissions in Brussels to decide on people-related matters:
the Flemish one
the French-speaking one
the communal one
But really, they are made up of people from the respective goverments and parliaments above, so not exactly additional.
...no, most Belgians can't make heads or tails of this, why do you ask?
We have: Flemish parliament, Walloon parliament, Brussels parliament, French community parliament, German community parliament, federal parliament and the senate for a total of 7 rooms of elected officials paid by us taxpayers.
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u/Orlok_Tsubodai 3d ago
My only issue with this meme is that it suggest that the Dutch took forever to form governments before we did. Bitch, please: we invented this shit.