In the second part of the monitoring visit to Belgium from 4 to 6 February 2014, Henrik Hammar (Sweden, EPP/CCE) and Urs Wüthrich-Pelloli (Switzerland, SOC), rapporteurs of the Congress, looked at the action taken by Belgium to honour the commitments entered into upon ratification of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in 2004, and at the 6th State Reform, adopted in December 2013 by the two chambers of the Belgian parliament. The first part of the monitoring process took place on 8 and 9 October 2013. Meetings were notably scheduled with Kris Peeters and Geert Bourgeois, respectively Minister-President and Deputy Minister-President of the Flemish government, as well as with Koen Geens, the Finance Minister, representatives of the Walloon government and the ombudsmen of the communities and municipalities. On 6 February, the rapporteurs also met Roger Stevens, First President of the State Council, Karl-Heinz Lambertz, Minister-President of the German-speaking Community as well as the Speaker of the German-speaking Parliament.

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