🏛️ Schaerbeek — Governance
👑 Bourgmestre
Audrey Henry MR
👑 Audrey Henry —
🤝 Coalition
MR & Les Engagés 1030 + PS + Ecolo-Groen + LB (DéFI)
🏛️ Collège / College
📋 Council Members
Full list of council members with party affiliations coming soon.
🔑 Who really controls Schaerbeek?
The governing coalition's party presidents — the people who set the political line.
| Party | President | Lives in | Region | Main electorate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MR | Georges-Louis Bouchez | Mons | 🟡 Wallonia | Wallonia + Brussels |
| Les Engagés | Yvan Verougstraete | Brussels area | 🟢 Brussels | Wallonia + Brussels |
| PS | Paul Magnette | Charleroi | 🟡 Wallonia | Wallonia + Brussels |
| Ecolo | Samuel Cogolati & Marie Lecocq |
Liège / Brussels area | 🔴 Wallonia / Brussels | Wallonia + Brussels |
| Groen | Nadia Naji & Jeremie Vaneeckhout (2022-2024) |
Brussels / Waregem | 🔴 Brussels / Flanders | Flanders + Brussels (NL group) |
| DéFI | François De Smet | Brussels area | 🟢 Brussels | Brussels + Francophone periphery |
🔍 Who really decides?
4 out of 6 governing party presidents (67%) don't live in Brussels.
Their main electorate is in Wallonia and Wallonia / Brussels and Brussels / Flanders. Brussels policy is shaped by party discipline — and the party leaders call the shots from outside the region.
⚖️ Veto Power Analysis
In Belgium's particracy, a party president can:
- Pull the party out of the coalition → coalition collapses if majority is lost
- Impose voting discipline → all party members must follow the party line
- Veto nominations → party decides who gets appointed, not the elected officials