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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://beluthai.odoo.com/event/blcc-collective-in-asi
 a-what-awaits-belgium-the-regions-after-elections-in-2024-64/register">BLC
 C Collective in Asia: What awaits Belgium & the Regions after Elections in
  2024?</a>\nDear members\, We are delighted to invite you to the next onli
 ne webinar on BLCC Collective in Asia Webinar: What awaits Belgium & the R
 egions after Elections in 2024? Join us for a comprehensive analysis with 
 the Belgian expert Ivan De Vadder​\, who will outline for us possible sc
 enarios on how\, once again\, we are going to piece out this Belgian\, Reg
 ional and European puzzle after the 2024 Elections. 2024 is an important e
 lection year in Belgium. On June 9 we will elect the Belgian\, Brussels\, 
 Flemish\, Walloon and European parliamentarians\, and on October 13 there 
 will be municipal and provincial council elections. These elections are no
 w subject to the "paradox of democracy". According to this paradox\, over 
 the years\, politicians have done everything they can to allow as many cit
 izens as possible to participate: women were admitted in 1948\, EU citizen
 s and migrants are allowed to vote\, and in 2023 the age limit has even be
 en lowered to 16 years\, although only for the European parliamentary elec
 tions. Now that the group of citizens who have been the opportunity to vot
 e has become as large as it possible could\, the citizens themselves are t
 hreatening to drop out\, even in an electoral system with mandatory vote. 
 Moreover\, in Flanders\, this compulsory attendance will disappear in Octo
 ber 2024 at the local elections. That may be the biggest political experim
 ent in years. Do we know who will drop out? What will be the consequences 
 of that political experiment? And aren't elections the ultimate means for 
 citizens to express themselves politically and adjust policy? Who no longe
 r wants to seize that opportunity\, and thus risks no longer having any in
 fluence on their political future? EVENT DETAILS Date: Monday\, 20 May 202
 4 Time: 16:00-17:00 ICT Platform: Zoom Meeting Cost: Free-of-charge\, Memb
 ers-only
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LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
SUMMARY:BLCC Collective in Asia: What awaits Belgium & the Regions after El
 ections in 2024?
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://beluthai.odoo.com/event/blcc-
 collective-in-asia-what-awaits-belgium-the-regions-after-elections-in-2024
 -64/register">BLCC Collective in Asia: What awaits Belgium & the Regions a
 fter Elections in 2024?</a>\nDear members\, We are delighted to invite you
  to the next online webinar on BLCC Collective in Asia Webinar: What await
 s Belgium & the Regions after Elections in 2024? Join us for a comprehensi
 ve analysis with the Belgian expert Ivan De Vadder​\, who will outline f
 or us possible scenarios on how\, once again\, we are going to piece out t
 his Belgian\, Regional and European puzzle after the 2024 Elections. 2024 
 is an important election year in Belgium. On June 9 we will elect the Belg
 ian\, Brussels\, Flemish\, Walloon and European parliamentarians\, and on 
 October 13 there will be municipal and provincial council elections. These
  elections are now subject to the "paradox of democracy". According to thi
 s paradox\, over the years\, politicians have done everything they can to 
 allow as many citizens as possible to participate: women were admitted in 
 1948\, EU citizens and migrants are allowed to vote\, and in 2023 the age 
 limit has even been lowered to 16 years\, although only for the European p
 arliamentary elections. Now that the group of citizens who have been the o
 pportunity to vote has become as large as it possible could\, the citizens
  themselves are threatening to drop out\, even in an electoral system with
  mandatory vote. Moreover\, in Flanders\, this compulsory attendance will 
 disappear in October 2024 at the local elections. That may be the biggest 
 political experiment in years. Do we know who will drop out? What will be 
 the consequences of that political experiment? And aren't elections the ul
 timate means for citizens to express themselves politically and adjust pol
 icy? Who no longer wants to seize that opportunity\, and thus risks no lon
 ger having any influence on their political future? EVENT DETAILS Date: Mo
 nday\, 20 May 2024 Time: 16:00-17:00 ICT Platform: Zoom Meeting Cost: Free
 -of-charge\, Members-only
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