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Article | België, Vlaanderen en multilaterale foraDe samenwerking en het gegenereerde imago in de Wereldhandelsorganisatie en de Raad van Europa |
Auteurs | Timon Bo Salomonson en David Criekemans |
DOI | 10.5553/RP/048647002001043001147 |
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Timon Bo Salomonson en David Criekemans, "België, Vlaanderen en multilaterale fora", Res Publica, 1, (2001):147-169
This article tries to answer two questions: 1) How does the cooperation between the Belgian (federal) and Flemish (regional) government work within the field of multilateral policy?; 2) How is the multilateral policy of the Belgian federation and the Flemish government received at the multilateral level (especially within the CoE en the WTO)? The Belgian constitution has foreseen a system in which all governments (federal en regional) are equal. This has important consequences for Belgian delegations in multilateral fora: in 'mixed' dossiers, no government has decisive power. Thus, all Belgian governments are objective allies in guarding the externally projected image of the federation. Nevertheless, this seems to be a 'grey area' in the cooperation among the various Belgian governments. |