Informator

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As informer or Informateur each after elections is the Belgian Chamber of Representatives or the Lower House of the Dutch Parliament ( Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal ) from the respective monarchs designated person in charge, which probed the possibilities of forming a government. The use of an informator gives the respective head of state the opportunity to largely stay out of the disputes about the formation of a government.

The informator usually comes from the environment of the parties that will presumably form the new government in each case, but is usually not (no longer) politically active.

The task of the informator is usually to investigate the possibilities of forming a cabinet "that can count on fruitful cooperation with parliament". In plain language, this means that the informator should conduct his investigations with the aim of enabling the formation of a government with a parliamentary majority .

If the informator can successfully fulfill his mandate, he submits a final report to the queen or the king, in which he proposes to the head of state that a formatter should be appointed to form a cabinet. This is usually the future Prime Minister .

In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , an informator can also be used if the Chamber of Deputies has expressed mistrust in a government or if the formation of a government has failed.

literature

  • Wolfgang Ismayr : The political systems of Western Europe , Wiesbaden 2009 (4th edition), ISBN 3-531-16464-3 . In this:
    • Norbert Lepsky, Markus Wilp: The political system of the Netherlands , pp. 405-450, pp. 413f.
    • Michael Schroen: The political system of Luxembourg [...]
    • Wichard Woyke: The Belgian political system [...]