Talk:Flemish Region

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 * Members of the flemish community parliament, who were elected in Brussels region, have no right to vote on Flemish regional affairs.


 * In the infobox is listed that http://www.flanders.be is the offical website. That is not correct. That is http://www.vlaanderen.be Flanders.be is a website for the international visitors and is not a lot more then a presentation of flanders.--Walter 00:20, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * als u op vlaanderen.be linksboven op 'EN' (van Engels) klinkt, komt u op flanders.be uit merkwaardig genoeg. Misschien best beide websites vermelden. --Keffertje08 (talk) 22:27, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * ik heb beide geprobeerd te plaatsen in dat kleine vakje (met de vermelding van de verschillende site-inhouden, maar esthetisch gezien werd het daar door veel minder aantrekkelijk. --Keffertje08 (talk) 22:56, 3 September 2009 (UTC)


 * In the section about education, there has been no listing added for Flemish schools in Brussels. Or does that belong to schools in Flemish Brabant? --Keffertje08 (talk) 23:10, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Economy
 * So the best the article can come up for with regards to the flemish economy is a transport company? I was hope for something a bit more illuminating, hehe. BV 25.11.10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.30.84.28 (talk) 10:30, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

A logo is no coat of arms
--178.119.241.66 (talk) 13:52, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

coat of arms
i agree with the person that commented before me. That flag isn't the coat of the flemish arms at all. It's the logo of the flemisch government. --Belgiumrules (talk) 18:28, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Seat
Why the distinction between seat and capital between Flemish Region and Walloon Region? There is not really a difference.

Moreover, the Flemish Parliament (which represents both the Flemish Region and Community) has made a 'decrete' that Brussels is it's capital. Also the Walloon Region has done that with 'Namur'. So Brussels is a declared capital of Flanders and Namur the declared capital of Wallonia. But Brussels is not the declared capital of the French Community.--Wester (talk) 21:16, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Can it really be the capital if it's not even in the territory? Regardless, it doesn't really matter because the Flemish region has given all of its powers to the Flemish community, of which Brussels is (half) part. I think "seat of government" is fine.  Oreo Priest  talk 22:08, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * It's not exceptional. Also the Central Bohemian Region has a capital which isn't in it's territory. And it's not realy true that the Flemish region has given all of its powers to the Flemish community. It's more a merger as both agree to use the same parliament and goverment.--Wester (talk) 22:56, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Wow, there seem to be a ton of them: List of capitals outside the territories they serve. Go ahead and change it if you like.  Oreo Priest  talk 04:17, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Strictly speaking, for the Flemish Region, it is just the seat of government, since Brussels is only the declared capital of the Flemish Community. Here's some more background info, with the Council of State arguing that the definition of a capital should be restricted to the sovereign state. SPQRobin (talk) 14:58, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Wow. How typically Belgian that so much legal energy be devoted to a distinction without a difference.  Oreo Priest  talk 17:02, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * @SPQRobin: according that second source only a nation can chose a 'hoofdstad' or capital and subnational levels are not able to do that. I find that a bit dubious since it interferes with the linguistic definition of 'hoofdstad/capital' and the fact that the provinces have long established 'capitals'. Your first source is interesting. I knew about the existence of that decree, but not that is specifically stated 'Flemish Community' instead of Flanders. In 1984 the Region and Community were already merged, but the Region was not as important as today.


 * Also interesting is this source. Apparently Mechelen was the original seat of the Vlaamse Gewestraad (Flemish Regional Council). At the same time the Walloon Regional Council was based in Namur.--Wester (talk) 19:10, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Interesting. That's probably the reason why Mechelen is the main bureau (hoofdbureau) for elections of the Dutch-speaking electoral college (which is just purely administrative though). Mechelen wouldn't be a bad choice as a capital (and I'm from the area), but that's getting off-topic :-) As for provinces, it might be that those are more like "hoofdplaatsen" rather than a real "hoofdstad". And the decree mentions Flemish Community because "Flanders" has no legal meaning, and as you probably know Flemish politics insists on the Communities rather than the Regions. SPQRobin (talk) 21:45, 5 February 2014 (UTC)