This is a list of political scandals in Belgium from 1830 to present.[1][2][3]
List of scandals edit
- Victor Jacobs affair (1881)
- Julien Lahaut assassination (1950)
- Guy Jespers affair (end 1970s)
- KS affair (end 1980s)
- Marc Dutroux affair (1980s-1990s)
- Albert Canal pipeline affair (1990s)
- Superclub affair (1990s)
- Cools assassination (1991)
- Agusta scandal (scandal broke early 1990s)
- Aralco affair (early 1990s)
- OMOB affair (early 1990s)
- UNIOP-INUSOP affair (early 1990s)
- Hormone affair (1990s)
- Dioxine crisis (1999)
- Carolorégienne affair (2005)
- ICDI affair (2006)
- Fall of the Leterme Government (2008)
See also edit
- Parliamentary inquiries by the Belgian Federal Parliament
- Salamander (TV series) - a TV series covering a fictional scandal in Belgium
References edit
- ^ Jeroen Maesschalck and Steven Van de Walle, "Policy failure and corruption in Belgium: Is federalism to blame?." West European Politics 29.5 (2006): 999-1017 online
- ^ Antoon Van den Braembussche, "The silence of Belgium: Taboo and trauma in Belgian memory." Yale French Studies 102 (2002): 35-52 online.
- ^ Lieven De Winter, "Political corruption in Belgium." in Corruption in Contemporary Politics (Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2003). 93-105.