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The Re-Bel initiative aims to rethink in depth, in an open, rigorous, non-partisan way, what the institutions of the Belgian federal state - or of whatever else this part of the world needs to become - can and must look like in the longer term, taking full account of the evolving European context. Read more...

NEXT EVENT Diverging memories in Belgium. Is this so? If so, why? And is it a problem? will be the topic of our next public event, to be held on Thursday 20 June 2013 from 2 to 6pm at the University Foundation. Go to event page

Re-Bel Events

Brussels, its communes and its hinterland was the topic of our last public event, held on Thursday 20th December 2012 at the University Foundation. View program and download lead pieces

The G1000, the European Citizens' initiative and the malaise of democracy was the topic of our last public event, held on Thursday 24 May 2012 at the University Foundation. Read about it here.

The Sixth Re-Bel Public Event took place on 22 December 2011, and tackled the following themes: (1) Dutch, French, English and other foreign languages in the school curriculum; (2) School registration and admission policies. The presentations are available on the event's page.

Latest Re-Bel News

Posted 9th May, 2011
Documents from the Fifth Re-Bel Public Event, which took place on 9 June 2011, are available for download. The event covered two topics:
(1) Right-wing Flanders, left-wing Wallonia?
(2) Should the obligation to vote be abolished?

Latest Re-Bel Publications

Posted 13th January, 2012
Re-Bel e-book 12 has just been published, and is now available for download: Right-wing Flanders, left-wing Wallonia? Is this so? If so, why? And is it a problem?

Posted 14th October, 2011
Re-Bel e-book 11 has just been published, and is now available for download: The linguistic territoriality principle: right violation or parity of esteem ?

Posted 23rd September, 2011
Re-Bel e-book 10 has just been published, and is now available for download: Belgium's health care system. Should the communities/regions take it over? Or the sickness funds?

Posted 22nd February, 2011
Re-Bel e-book 9 is available for download: Social Federalism: How is a multi-level welfare state best organized?

Posted 22nd February, 2011
Re-Bel e-book 8 is available for download: Educational Divergence: Why do pupils do better in Flanders than in the French community?