Luc Barbé

Luc Barbé is an expert on Belgian politics and institutions, and the author of La N-VA expliquée aux francophones (2019, Etopia).

Articles

11.03.2020
The Wild World of Belgian Politics

Understanding where Belgium's two Green parties, Groen and Ecolo, sit in a divided political landscape. Part of our four-part "Green Wave" series.

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02.07.2019
Belgium and its Green Parties at the Crossroads

A month on from the national, regional and EU elections in Belgium and the dust is still settling. How did the Greens fare and what possibilities lie ahead?

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19.06.2017
Greens in Government: A Headache for Internal Party Organisation

Being in government entails a swathe of singular and testing challenges that Greens have to be prepared for.

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10.09.2013
Flanders: a Region in Search of Itself

In 2010 the Flemish nationalists became the largest party in the Belgian Federal Parliament for the first time. Does the rise in electoral support for the N-VA herald the end of the state of Belgium or can the country continue to adapt?

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