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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://www.beluthai.org/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 after Elections in 
 2024?</a>\nDear members\, We are delighted to invite you to the next onlin
 e webinar on BLCC Collective in Asia Webinar: What awaits Belgium & the Re
 gions after Elections in 2024? Join us for a comprehensive analysis with t
 he Belgian expert Ivan De Vadder​\, who will outline for us possible sce
 narios on how\, once again\, we are going to piece out this Belgian\, Regi
 onal and European puzzle after the 2024 Elections. 2024 is an important el
 ection year in Belgium. On June 9 we will elect the Belgian\, Brussels\, F
 lemish\, Walloon and European parliamentarians\, and on October 13 there w
 ill be municipal and provincial council elections. These elections are now
  subject to the "paradox of democracy". According to this paradox\, over t
 he years\, politicians have done everything they can to allow as many citi
 zens 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 bee
 n lowered to 16 years\, although only for the European parliamentary elect
 ions. Now that the group of citizens who have been the opportunity to vote
  has become as large as it possible could\, the citizens themselves are th
 reatening to drop out\, even in an electoral system with mandatory vote. M
 oreover\, in Flanders\, this compulsory attendance will disappear in Octob
 er 2024 at the local elections. That may be the biggest political experime
 nt in years. Do we know who will drop out? What will be the consequences o
 f that political experiment? And aren't elections the ultimate means for c
 itizens to express themselves politically and adjust policy? Who no longer
  wants to seize that opportunity\, and thus risks no longer having any inf
 luence on their political future? EVENT DETAILS Date: Monday\, 20 May 2024
  Time: 16:00-17:00 ICT Platform: Zoom Meeting Cost: Free-of-charge\, Membe
 rs-only
DTSTAMP:20260624T164231Z
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://www.beluthai.org/event/blcc-c
 ollective-in-asia-what-awaits-belgium-the-regions-after-elections-in-2024-
 64/register">BLCC Collective in Asia: What awaits Belgium & the Regions af
 ter Elections in 2024?</a>\nDear members\, We are delighted to invite you 
 to the next online webinar on BLCC Collective in Asia Webinar: What awaits
  Belgium & the Regions after Elections in 2024? Join us for a comprehensiv
 e analysis with the Belgian expert Ivan De Vadder​\, who will outline fo
 r us possible scenarios on how\, once again\, we are going to piece out th
 is Belgian\, Regional and European puzzle after the 2024 Elections. 2024 i
 s an important election year in Belgium. On June 9 we will elect the Belgi
 an\, Brussels\, Flemish\, Walloon and European parliamentarians\, and on O
 ctober 13 there will be municipal and provincial council elections. These 
 elections are now subject to the "paradox of democracy". According to this
  paradox\, over the years\, politicians have done everything they can to a
 llow as many citizens as possible to participate: women were admitted in 1
 948\, EU citizens and migrants are allowed to vote\, and in 2023 the age l
 imit has even been lowered to 16 years\, although only for the European pa
 rliamentary elections. Now that the group of citizens who have been the op
 portunity 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 d
 isappear in October 2024 at the local elections. That may be the biggest p
 olitical experiment in years. Do we know who will drop out? What will be t
 he consequences of that political experiment? And aren't elections the ult
 imate means for citizens to express themselves politically and adjust poli
 cy? Who no longer wants to seize that opportunity\, and thus risks no long
 er having any influence on their political future? EVENT DETAILS Date: Mon
 day\, 20 May 2024 Time: 16:00-17:00 ICT Platform: Zoom Meeting Cost: Free-
 of-charge\, Members-only
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