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After World War II, the Catholic (now Christian Democratic) Party severed its formal ties with the Church. It became a mass party of the centre. In 1968, the Christian Democratic Party, responding to linguistic tensions in the country, divided into two independent parties: the Parti Social Chrétien (PSC) in French-speaking Belgium and the Christelijke Volkspartij (CVP) in Flanders.
1 List by political group in parliament. ... 1.6 Workers' Party of Belgium (9) 1.7 Groen (9) 1.8 Team Fouad Ahidar (1) 2 References. Toggle the table of contents.
Pages in category "Political parties in Belgium" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The 60-member Senate is composed of 50 representatives from the regional and community parliaments, plus 10 co-opted senators proportionally divided among parties based on the result of the federal election. [4] All Belgian citizens aged 18 or over are obligated to participate in the election. Non-Belgian citizens residing in Belgium ...
In Belgium, aside from a few minor German-speaking parties, most political parties are either Dutch-speaking (Flemish) or French-speaking; the only major bilingual party operating across all of Belgium is the Workers Party of Belgium (PVDA/PTB), [8] a far-left party which first won seats in the Chamber in 2014 and as of 2019 has three seats in ...
Catholic Party (Belgium) politicians (26 P) Christian Democratic and Flemish politicians (1 C, 84 P) Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1945) politicians (1 C, 23 P)
In the second half the 20th century, political parties split along linguistic lines and the number of parties increased. In 1979, the European Parliament became a directly elected supranational body and as a result of the federalisation of the country , the Communities and Regions of Belgium also got their own legislatures which have been ...
This is an overview of all regular elections held in the Kingdom of Belgium since its independence. This excludes local referendums and special elections ( by-elections ) that existed before 1919. Municipal elections prior to 1919 are not listed either.