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4. What does the Flemish Parliament do?<br />
The Flemish Parliament<br />
oversees everything that<br />
matters in our day to day<br />
lives. In a society you need<br />
agreements on how things<br />
are run, in other words,<br />
legislation.<br />
The Flemish Parliament<br />
> > appoints and controls the Government<br />
of Flanders and coordinates government<br />
policy<br />
> > approves the budget of the Flemish<br />
federated entity<br />
> > discusses proposed Flemish legislation<br />
and puts them to the vote.<br />
The Flemish Parliament appoints<br />
and controls the Government of Flanders<br />
and coordinates government policy<br />
Following the elections the parties that<br />
make up the majority commit their<br />
agreements to paper in the form of a<br />
coalition agreement. This outlines what<br />
the new government hopes to achieve<br />
in the next five years. Then the majority<br />
parties present their ministers.<br />
The first task of the new parliament is to<br />
appoint the government and to support<br />
this government based on the coalition<br />
agreement.<br />
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