Editing Wallonia (section)

===Political landscape===
Wallonia is considered to be [[left-wing]] politically, in contrast to Flanders, which is more right-wing.<ref name="e352">{{cite web | title=Getting to know Belgian politics: the traditional pillars versus left and right | website=belganewsagency.eu | date=2024-01-03 | url=https://www.belganewsagency.eu/getting-to-know-belgian-politics-the-traditional-pillars-versus-left-and-right-1 | access-date=2024-06-12}}</ref> The region has been described as one of the few places in Europe without a significant [[right-wing populism]] presence.<ref name="n010">{{cite journal | last=de Jonge | first=Léonie | title=The Curious Case of Belgium: Why is There no Right-Wing Populism in Wallonia? | url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/05D6B4081B60B2D7318809C228791575/S0017257X20000081a.pdf/the-curious-case-of-belgium-why-is-there-no-right-wing-populism-in-wallonia.pdf | journal=Government and Opposition | volume=56 | issue=4 | date=2021 | issn=0017-257X | doi=10.1017/gov.2020.8 | pages=598–614}}</ref><ref name="b581">{{cite web | last=Kasteel | first=Jean van | title=The Walloons do not send any far-right elected officials either to the Region, nor to the Federal, nor to Europe | website=DHnet | date=2024-06-11 | url=https://www.dhnet.be/actu/belgique/2024/06/11/les-wallons-nenvoient-aucun-elu-dextreme-droite-ni-a-la-region-ni-au-federal-ni-a-leurope-MLW7OZWL7JFAVABFA4VWHEJKN4/ | language=fr | access-date=2024-06-12}}</ref> In Wallonia, there is a [[cordon sanitaire (politics)|cordon sanitaire]] in the media, where [[far-right]] politicians are banned from interviews and live appearances.<ref name="o684">{{cite web | last=Joyner | first=Ella | title=Belgian election tests limits of media's far-right boycott – DW – 06/04/2024 | website=dw.com | date=2024-06-04 | url=https://www.dw.com/en/belgian-election-tests-limits-of-medias-far-right-boycott/a-69161435 | access-date=2024-06-12}}</ref><ref name="y238">{{cite web | title=Belgium's far right struggles to break through media ban | website=www.euractiv.com | date=2024-05-06 | url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/belgiums-far-right-struggles-to-break-through-media-ban/ | access-date=2024-06-12}}</ref> The ban has also affected more mainstream right-wing parties such as the [[N-VA]].<ref name="r906">{{cite web | first1=Jeroen | last1=Struys | first2=Peter |last2=De Lobel | title=N-VA-kandidaat in Wallonië in de ban geslagen: waarom er rechts van MR geen zuurstof is over de taalgrens | website=De Standaard | date=2024-03-25 | url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20240324_97085493 | language=nl | access-date=2024-06-12}}</ref>