List of political scandals in Belgium explained

This is a list of political scandals in Belgium from 1830 to present.^{[1] [2] [3]}

List of scandals

• Victor Jacobs affair (1881)
• Julien Lahaut assassination (1950)
• (end 1970s)
• KS affair (end 1980s)
• Marc Dutroux affair (1980s-1990s)
• Albert Canal pipeline affair (1990s)
• (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

• Parliamentary inquiries by the Belgian Federal Parliament
• Salamander (TV series) - a TV series covering a fictional scandal in Belgium

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Antoon Van den Braembussche, "The silence of Belgium: Taboo and trauma in Belgian memory." Yale French Studies 102 (2002): 35-52 online.
3. Lieven De Winter, "Political corruption in Belgium." in Corruption in Contemporary Politics (Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2003). 93-105.