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Topic: Flemish Liberals and Democrats

	Live from Brussels
		The Flemish Block, an anti-immigration, tough-on-crime party has received 24% of the vote, an increase of 5% or 8% (depending on if you compare with the previous federal elections of 2003 or the previous regional elections of 1999).
		But in Flemish/Belgian politics, a coalition with the Flemish Block is 'not done', due to inter-party agreements (called the 'cordon sanitaire') in 1991, when the Flemish Block first made big gains in the polls.
		Theoretically a government of Flemish block together with either liberals or socialists and greens is also possible, but I think that will be the day when hell freezes over due to an ice age caused by flying pig emissions.
	brusselsblog.blogspot.com (1147 words)

	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (French: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour l'Europe) is a Group in the European Parliament.
		The European Liberal Democrats were the first to create a European political family in 1976 in view of the first European elections and established ELDR as a true European political party in 1993.
		The meeting of the Parliamentary Group of the liberal democrat European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party which took place in Brussels on July 13, 2004 approved a recommendation to unite in a new group with MEPs of the European Democratic Party founded by François Bayrou's UDF, the Lithuanian Labour Party and the Italian Margherita.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_for_Europe (1874 words)

	Flemish Liberals and Democrats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten or VLD (Flemish Liberals and Democrats) is a Flemish liberal party, created in 1992 from the former PVV and a few other politicians from other parties.
		In the Flemish parliament the VLD formed a cabinet with SP.a-Spirit and the Christian Democrats.
		On 19 June 2004 the VLD successfully negotiated a regional coalition government with CDandV/N-VA, the Christian democrats and moderate nationalists, and with the social democratic SP.a-Spirit.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vlaamse_Liberalen_en_Democraten (627 words)

	Encyclopedia: Flemish movement (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Flemish movement (Dutch: Vlaamse Beweging) is a popular term used to describe the political movement for greater autonomy of the Belgian region of Flanders, for protection of the Dutch language in Flanders, and for protection of the Flemish culture.
		The Flemish movement's more extreme wing is dominated by right-wing organizations such as the Vlaams Belang (the largest single party in Flemish parliament as of the last parliamentary elections), Voorpost, Nationalistische Studenten Vereniging (Nationalist Students Union in English), and several others.
		The Flemish movement is a popular term used to describe the political movement for greater autonomy of the Belgian region of Flanders, for protection of the Dutch language in Flanders, and for protection of the Flemish culture.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Flemish-movement (622 words)

	Karel De Gucht - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Karel De Gucht (27 january 1954, Overmere) is a former chairman of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD), a Belgian political party.
		He was a member of the Flemish Parliament 1999-2003 and a member of the European Parliament 1995-1999.
		Although elected to the Flemish Parliament and European Parliament in the elections of June 2004 he decided to take up neither seat and since july 18, Karel De Gucht is the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Karel_De_Gucht (318 words)

	Rxpress - European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993) is a liberal party, active in the European Union, uniting liberal and centrist parties around Europe which together represent more than 20 million European voters and is an international non-profit association incorporated under the laws of Belgium.
		It originated as the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform party grouping with seats in the European Parliament, but on April 30, 2004 (the day before the enlargement of the European Union) reformed itself as a pan-European political party, although it has yet to organise itself at a grassroots level.
		ELDR Prime Ministers and Liberal and Democrat leaders met at the fringe of the EU Summit, in the official residence of Guy Verhofstadt, to discuss mainly the IGC and European Council agenda, European Growth Initiative and European Defense.
	www.rxpresspharmacy.com /wiki/index/European_Liberal_Democrat_and_Reform_Party (2230 words)

	Patrick Dewael - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is the nephew of the late liberal minister Herman Van der Poorten and the cousin of Marleen Van der Poorten who also served as Flemish minister of Education in the government lead by Dewael.
		From 1985 to 1992 Dewael served as Flemish minister of Culture in the governments lead by Gaston Geens (II, III and IV).
		After the defeat of the liberals at the 1992 elections, Dewael served as an opposition MP until the liberals regained power in 1999.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patrick_Dewael (275 words)

	Encyclopedia: Flemish parliament (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Flemish Parliament (Dutch: Vlaams Parlement, and formerly called Flemish Council or Vlaamse Raad) constitutes the legislative power in Flanders, for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders, both as a geographic region and a cultural and linguistic community of Belgium.
		It approves decrees, which are Flemish laws applicable exclusively to the Flemish population.
		The Flemish Parliament meets in the Flemish Parliament building in central Brussels.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Flemish-parliament (245 words)

	A short history of Belgium
		Between 1958 and 1961 the christian-democrats and the liberals govern under Gaston Eyskens, followed in 1961 by the christian-democrats and the socialists under Théodore Lefèvre.
		The christian-democrats remain dominant and form coalitions with the liberals under Paul Vanden Boeynants in 1966, the socialists under Gaston Eyskens in 1968 and the liberals under Gaston Eyskens in 1972.
		In 1999 the liberal parties win the parliamentary elections and Guy Verhofstadt of the Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (Flemish Liberals and Democrats, VLD) becomes prime minister in a coalition of the liberal and socialist parties.
	www.electionworld.org /history/belgium.htm (926 words)

	GENERAL ELECTIONS IN BELGIUM (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Belgium is ruled by a government coalition that associates the Reform Movement (MR), the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD), the Walloon Socialist Party (PS), the Flemish Socialist Party (SP.A) and the finally the ecologists of Ecolo (Walloons) and Agalev (Flemish).
		For the Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt's Flemish Liberal Democrats (VLD), the main stake of these general elections is to maintain their position as the leading political movement in Flanders ahead of the Flemish Christian Democrat Party (CDandV).
		On 31st March the political parties, except for the extremist movement managed to agree on the appointment of Patrick Janssens (Socialist Party) as mayor of Anvers; the Flemish Liberals and Democrats accepted this appointment in exchange for the creation of an "integrity bureau" that is responsible for managing the town correctly.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/belgique (1709 words)

	Annemie Neyts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (born 17 June 1944 in Brussels) is a Belgian politician, member of the Flemish Liberals and Democrats.
		She is for the second time member of the European Parliament (since June 2004) and former president of the Liberal International, from September 1999 to 2005.
		She was elected president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party in September 2005 during a party congress in Bratislava, Slovakia.
	www.toshare.info /en/Annemie_Neyts.htm (126 words)

	Belgium
		There are eleven VB federal deputies; five senators; seventeen members of the Flemish regional parliament; two deputies in the Brussels regional parliament; 203 local councillors; forty-two councillors in the social security bureau; two deputies in the European Parliament; and one VB representative on the controlling body of the BRTN (Flemish radio and television company).
		The VB is a populist party, advocating an independent Flemish state with Brussels as its capital, and it campaigns for a total amnesty for Nazi collaborators.
		Its programme is centred on the liberation of Europe from its "Yankee and Zionist enemies".
	www.axt.org.uk /antisem/archive/archive1/belgium/belgium.htm (5081 words)

	GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Europe - Belgium - Government and Political Conditions
		For the election of the 25 Flemish and 15 francophone directly elected Senators, the country is divided into three electoral districts--Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels Capital Region.
		Of the 21 Senators representing the communities, 10 are elected by the Flemish Parliament, 10 by the French Community Parliament, and 1 by the German-language Parliament.
		In 2001, Volksunie splintered into a traditional Flemish nationalist faction, the NVA (currently in alliance with the CD&V since before the 2004 regional election), and a more liberal faction, Spirit (in an electoral alliance with the Flemish Socialist Party since before the 2003 federal election).
	www.geographyiq.com /countries/be/Belgium_government_summary.htm (2799 words)

	Party for Freedom and Progress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the former flemish liberal party see Flemish Liberals and Democrats
		The Party for Freedom and Progress (Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt, PFF) is a regional liberal party in Belgium, only active in the German speaking East Cantons.
		It still has the German version of the name of the all-Belgian liberal party in the sixties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Party_for_Freedom_and_Progress (151 words)

	Elections in Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The country is a federal parliamentary democratic monarchy.
		Christen-Democratisch and Vlaams: (Christian Democratic and Flemish): Flemish christian-democratic party
		Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (Flemish Liberals and Democrats): Flemish liberal party
	www.electionworld.org /belgium.htm (416 words)

	Flemish Liberals and Democrats - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Flemish Liberals and Democrats - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Flemish Liberals and Democrats contains research on
		Flemish Liberals and Democrats, Europe, International, Presidents, Notable members, Notable Former members, See also, External links, Members of VLD, Liberal parties and Belgian political parties-Flanders.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/VLD (529 words)

	The Washington Times: Commentary (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Liberals still have a hard time understanding why the Bush administration declined to sign on to the International Criminal Court.
		Guy Verhofstadt, a Flemish Liberal, is the anti-American prime minister who signed on to French President Jacques Chirac's ill-fated campaign, alongside Germany and Russia, to block President Bush's march to war against Iraq.
		The steady rise of anti-immigrant sentiment found its bilingual voices in the Vlaams Blok (Flemish) and the National Front (Walloon) that have campaigned against the permissive policies of the left and scored their biggest gains in 25 years.
	www.washtimes.com /commentary/20030521-094810-7951r.htm (1036 words)

	Belgium: Liberals and Social Democrats to renew coalition without the Greens
		The Liberals and Social Democrats have emerged as the strongest parties in the new federal parliament following the general election in Belgium on Sunday May 18.
		Outgoing Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt’s Flemish Liberal Democrat Party (VLD) and sister party the Reform Movement (MR) in francophone Wallonia emerged marginally ahead in the poll with 49 seats (+8) in Belgium’s 150-seat Chamber of Representatives.
		While the Liberals gained one seat, taking their tally to 12, the Social Democrats increased their total to 13, a gain of 5 seats.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/may2003/belg-m21.shtml (626 words)

	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe contains research on
		Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, Foundation, Program, Group Members, External link and European Parliament party groups.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/ALDE (309 words)

	CNN.com - Far-right unites Belgian parties - October 9, 2000
		In Flanders, the prime minister's Flemish Liberals and Democrats cut into the traditional domination of local politics by the Christian People's Party, which was voted out of national government last year for the first time since 1958.
		However, the Christian Democrats seemed set to remain the largest party in local councils across Flanders with around 30 percent of the vote.
		In the French-speaking south and bilingual Brussels, Liberals and Socialists held their positions, while support for the Greens increased to around four percent as the opposition Christian Social Party continued its decline.
	edition.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/10/09/belgium.elections (610 words)

	FEDRE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Such a referendum, consultative and non-bonding, should be held within fifty days of the members nations signing an agreement on the bloc's first constitution, Verhofstadt said in a Flemish radio debate with his predecessor Jean-Luc Dehaene,"Our population has the right to give its point of view," he said.
		Dehaene, a former vice president of the European Convention which devised the draft constitution, opposed the idea, saying that a referendum "is not the zenith of democracy".
		He will head the opposition Christian Democrat's electoral list in the northern Flemish region against Verhofstadt's VLD (FLemish Liberals and Democrats).
	www.fedre.org /news/archview.asp?lang=fr&id=1277 (358 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		Article 1 of the Belgian constitution states that there are three language communities: Flemish (in the north) and Francophone (in the south) split roughly 60%/40%, and a small German-speaking community (70,000) in the south-east.
		At Federal level, the election of a "rainbow" coalition (Liberal blue, Socialist red, plus the Greens, hence "rainbow") in June 1999 was a milestone in Belgian political history, as it came after more than a century (bar 6 years) of Christian Democrat rule.
		This was clearly visible in Flanders, with the centre-right Christian Democrat alliance CD&V/NV-A taking pole position with 26% of the vote, pushing Verhofstadt's VLD into third place and becoming the leading party in the Flemish regional government.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019061802191 (1697 words)

	ELDR (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The European Liberal Democrats is a liberal and centrist political party active in the European Union.
		It originated as the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform party grouping with seats in the European Parliament, but on April 30, 2004 (the day before the enlargement of the European Union)reformed itself as a pan-European politicalparty.
		The Parliamentary Group of the ELDR is shortly be recommended to unite in a new group with the UDF and the Olive Tree Coalition to create a new centre force to be called the Alliance of Liberalsand Democrats for Europe.
	www.therfcc.org /eldr-351729.html (180 words)

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