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1970

By this time, Belgium's political structure has changed : it is a central state which is now divided into four linguistic regions (French-speaking, Dutch-speaking, German-speaking and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region), three economic regions (Wallonia, Flanders and Brussels) and three cultural communities (French-speaking, Flemish-speaking and German-speaking).

1980

The economic regions only really got up and running in 1980. A revision of the Constitution and the enactment of the first regionalization laws led in that year to the granting of new powers to the Communities and the setting-up of fully functioning regions.

The Walloon Region was given its own Government, Parliament, powers and financial resources. The Flemish Region, the Flemish-speaking Community and the French-speaking Community were granted the same powers, unlike Brussels, where the executive remained in the hands of the national Government. The German-speaking Community was not organized until three years later.

1988

The third revision of the Constitution brought greater federalism, as the Regions and Communities were granted new powers and a new Brussels-Capital Region was created.

1993

After the fourth revision of the State, the first article of the Constitution began with the following words: "Belgium is a Federal State composed of Communities and Regions". Federalism was thus constitutionally recognized.

This revision instituted the direct election of Community and Regional legislative assemblies, with the exception of the Council of the French-speaking Community, which is made up of 75 members of the Walloon Parliament and 19 French-speaking members of the Regional Council of Brussels-Capital.

1994

The Saint-Quentin agreements transferred the exercise of certain powers from the French-speaking Community to the Walloon Region and the French-speaking Community Commission, and sports infrastructures, tourism, vocational training, social advancement, health policy, social assistance policy and school transport now fell under the authority of the Walloon Region.

1995

The Province of Brabant was divided into Walloon Brabant and Flemish Brabant, while the territory of Brussels-Capital was no longer a part of any (rien ici) province.

2001 to 2004

The Saint-Polycarpe agreements had three direct effects: the refinancing of the French-speaking Community, the extension of the fiscal powers of the Regions and the transfer of various powers to the Communities and Regions. The Walloon Region was now responsible for agriculture, foreign trade, local authorities, international relations and development cooperation. Most of these transfers of authority took effect in January 2002, while the transfer of development cooperation will be effective from January 2004.