Here is a map of Belgium. It is divided into languages region. In the north (yellow), the Flemish Region where we speak
dutch. In the south (pink and green) is the Walloon Region which is french and german speaking. In the center, you could see
the Bruxelles-capital Region (both french and dutch are speaken). These are the three region of the Belgium federal state.
Now we have also community. In dutch part of Belgium, the Flemish Region and the Flemish Community have fusionned.
In south Belgium, there are the French Community (pink) and the German Community(green), both separated from the Walloon
Region.
All these institution have their own parliament. So we have no less than 6 parliament in our country (compris the Federal
Parliament). We have ministers for each Region and also for the federal government. So, as exemple, we have three different
ministers for education, mobility...
I forget to say that the different governments have only some task. Some of them are dealed at the federal level, other
at the community level (education, culture) or at two or three level. Yes sometimes it's difficult to know who is the
responsible ! I can not explain all our problems, our politicians are so imaginative.
Someone find a sentence that summarizes our country :
"Belgium, kingdom of absurdity"
That's also true for our humor (if you remember...)
This is only a small summary, I hope you have understood something...
