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Interviews
- Interview 1: A Walloon parliamentarian, Majority, Namur, October 2014.
- Interview 2: A Walloon parliamentarian, Majority, Namur, October 2014.
- Interview 3: A Walloon parliamentarian, Opposition, Namur, November 2014.
- Interview 4: Clerk of the Walloon parliament, Namur, November 2014.
- Interview 5: An official from the Belgian Permanent Representation, Brussels, December 2014.
- Interview 6: A Flemish parliamentarian, Majority, Brussels, November 2014.
- Interview 7: Clerk of the Flemish parliament, Brussels, November 2014.
- Interview 8: A Flemish parliamentarian, Opposition, phone interview, July 2015.
- Interview 9: A Flemish parliamentarian, Majority, Leuven, August 2015.
- Interview 10: A Flemish Parliamentarian, Opposition, phone interview, September 2015.
- Interview 11: A Flemish Parliamentarian, Opposition, Brussels, January 2016.
- Interview 12: A Walloon Parliamentarian, Majority, Namur, April 2016.
- Interview 13: An official from a regional ministry (environment), phone interview, October 2016.