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  Political parties in Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Belgium has a multi-party political system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
The Flemish parties operate in Flanders and in the Brussels-Capital Region.
The Francophone parties operate in Wallonia and in the Brussels-Capital Region.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Political_parties_in_Belgium   (1358 words)

  
 Politics of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Politics of Belgium takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Belgium is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
Politics is influenced by lobby groups, such as trade unions and business interests in the form of the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium.
Belgium is one of the few countries that has compulsory voting, thus having one of the highest rates of voter turnout in the world.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Belgium   (4713 words)

  
 Welcome to The American Presidency
Political parties attempt both to influence the policies of a government not under their control and to gain control over the government.
Parties may be seen from at least three separate (if rarely entirely separable) vantages: as a function of their standing in the broader public, through an assessment of their ongoing organizational manifestations, and by their role and influence within a government.
The party that wins the election is usually responsible for running the government for a specific period of time until the next election, and the parties that lose the election are responsible for organizing a loyal opposition.
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 Belgium POLITICAL PARTIES
Political parties in Belgium are organized along ethnolinguistic lines, with each group in Flanders having its Walloon counterpart.
The three major political alliances are the Christian Social parties, consisting of the Parti Social Chrétien (PSC) and the Christelijke Volkspartij (CVP); the Socialist parties, the Parti Socialiste (PS) and Socialistische Partij (SP); and the Liberal parties, Parti Réformateur et Liberal (PRL) and Flemish Liberal Democrats (VLD).
In 2001, the CVP was renamed the Christian Democratic and Flemish Party (CD and V); the SP was renamed the Social Progressive Alternative Party, or SP.A; and the VU split into two parts—the conservative wing established the New Flemish Alliance (NVA), and the left-liberal wing became the Spirit Party.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Europe/Belgium-POLITICAL-PARTIES.html   (419 words)

  
 Belgium
Belgium possessed one primary foreign colony during its history: the Congo, which was given to King Leopold II in the Conference of Berlin in 1885.
Main article: Politics of Belgium Belgium's political institutions are complex, but the majority of political power is organised with the two main communities: the Flemings, and their political parties; and the French-speakers, and their parties.
Belgium was one of the first countries to adopt the euro, the single European currency, in January 1999 and the Belgian franc was completely replaced by euro coins and banknotes in early 2002.
belgium.kiwiki.homeip.net   (3004 words)

  
 Dar Al Hayat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Belgium has accommodated the friction between the two rival regions largely by keeping them apart, with decades of painstaking institutional negotiations steadily giving Flanders, with its 6 million Dutch-speakers, and Wallonia, with 4.5 million Francophones, more autonomy.
Even though Belgium's political parties are linguistically split and mostly stay out of each other's electoral districts, Flemings and Walloons are far from divorced from one another in the political realm.
In fact, Belgium, Europe's headquarters, often seems a microcosm of the EU, where the aims of greater union are frequently obstructed by narrow interests of member states -- whether it concerns the budget, fishing quotas or patent laws.
english.daralhayat.com /metro/11-2004/Article-20041116-41af0d66-c0a8-10ed-003a-92dbe85d74a3/story.html   (1734 words)

  
 Belgium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Main article: Politics of Belgium Belgium's political institutions are complex, but the majority of political power is organised with the two Main communities: the Flemings, and their political parties; and the Walloons, and their parties.
In Belgium there are over 450 different kinds of beer, those of the Trappist monks being among the most prestigious, though serious connoisseurs tout the very rare pure lambics, fermented spontaneously by wild yeasts, as being the finest and most complex.
Belgium is celebrating the 175th anniversary of its independence and the 25th anniversary of the Federal state - in Dutch, French, English, German
belgium.iqnaut.net   (3183 words)

  
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Belgium (Belgiƫ in Dutch, Belgique in French, and Belgien in German) is a country located in Western Europe, bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and the North Sea.
Belgium is at a cultural crossroad between the Germanic Europe (with Dutch speakers in the North, the Flemings) and the Romance Europe (with French speakers in the South), which is reflected in its complex institutions and political history.
All political parties in Belgium belong to one of these two communities, except for a small German-speaking party and some marginal parties in Brussels.
www.imakoocars.co.uk /travel-guide/belgium   (656 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Court rules Vlaams Blok is racist
Belgium's highest court has ruled that the Flemish far-right Vlaams Blok party is racist.
Party chairman Frank Vanhecke said he was shocked at the ruling.
The party had been toning down some of its statements, but there is every chance the new party will pick up where the old one left off, says the BBC's Chris Morris in Brussels.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3994867.stm   (459 words)

  
 What is List of political parties by ideology? : Abaara fun facts and uncommon knowledge - List of political parties by ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This is a list of political parties around the world by ideology.
A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections.
Political parties in the Republic of Ireland
info.abaara.com /pac/List_of_political_parties_by_ideology   (652 words)

  
 List of political parties : Political parties of the world
Election results for the parties can be found at List of election results[?] or among the external links at the end of the article.
Latvijas Socialdemokratiska Strandnieku Partija[?] (Socialdemocratic Labour Party of Latvia)
Parti Ouvrier Socialiste Luxembourgeois/Letzeburger Socialistesch Arbeiterpartei[?] (Socialist Labour party of Luxembourg)
www.fastload.org /po/Political_parties_of_the_world.html   (1025 words)

  
 - ECPR - Standing Group on Political Parties
Political party organization; political parties in the post-communist region, particularly Latvia and the Baltic States.
Political parties and the representation of social interests in central Europe, Romanian Journal of Society and Politics (2005).
Russian, Moldovan, Soviet and post-Soviet politics with an emphasis on the politics of democratisation (specifically political parties, electoral politics and institution-building), political ideologies, and left-wing and nationalist movements.
www.keele.ac.uk /depts/spire/sgpp/members.html   (4406 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: Political Parties
Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ) [Socialdemocratic Party of Austria]
Srpska Stranka Republike Srpske [Serbian Party of the Serbian Republic]
Hrvatska Seljacka Stranka Bosne i Hercegovine (HSS BiH) [Croatian Peasants Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina]
www.gksoft.com /govt/en/parties.html   (2433 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of the Belgium, Index Page
Belgium History, from geocities, encyclopedic, brief, covering all ages; History of Belgium, from Expatica.com, a History in 6 parts; Alex Progressive Geschiedenis (of Belgium, in Dutch)
Political Resources on the Net : Belgium; De politieke partijen in Belgie (The political parties in Belgium), from Cultuurkunde van Belgie at Univ. Vienna, in Dutch; Country Report : Belgium, from Polity IV
The Various Christian Communities in Belgium, from Wederkerigheid, with contact addresses, brief histories etc.; 150 Jaar Protestants Leven in Belgie (150 Years Protestants' Life in Belgium), a text published in 1980; posted by E.
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/lowcountries/xbelgium.html   (1296 words)

  
 Political parties, interest groups, and other movements around the world
America's Open Debates Foundation is a national foundation committed to networking existing "free election" organizations, every legitimate national party, ballot access and election reform movements into one cooperative, unified and powerful voice.
Third Parties '96 is a movement to build a new mainstream political party
Cell for the Reconstruction of the Canarian Communist Party, Marxist-Leninist
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /parties.htm#british   (1186 words)

  
 European Political Resources
Political Parties and Youth Organizations in Europe By Ben den Butter
Parties and elections in Europe By Wolfram Nordsieck
Political Transformation and the Electoral Process in Post-Communist Europe by Marina Popescu
www.politicalresources.net /europe.htm   (123 words)

  
 Head Start in Politics: The Recruitment Function of Youth Organizations of Political Parties in Belgium (Flanders) -- ...
Head Start in Politics: The Recruitment Function of Youth Organizations of Political Parties in Belgium (Flanders) -- Hooghe et al.
The Recruitment Function of Youth Organizations of Political Parties in Belgium (Flanders)
Department of Political Science, Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Patrick.Stouthuysen{at}vub.ac.be
ppq.sagepub.com /cgi/content/abstract/10/2/193   (171 words)

  
 Surveys and debates on the belgium web   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The belgium website "Cybervote" propose surveys and dialogue spaces on various topics: Economy, environment, media, policy, health, science, society...
Its aim is to found a real dialogue between citizens and authorities.
All political parties in Belgium are thus invited to work in close cooperation with Cybervote in order to work out the greatest number of debates around political questions which interest all citizens.
www.forum-edemo.org /article.php3?id_article=575   (110 words)

  
 Party Politics Volume 10 issue 2
Head Start in Politics: The Recruitment Function of Youth Organizations of Political Parties in Belgium (Flanders)
Emergence and Development of Political Parties in Post communist Poland, Aleks Szczerbiak.
Beyond Party: Cultures of Antipartisanship in Northern Politics before the Civil War, Mark Voss-Hubbard.
www.partypolitics.org /volume10/v10i2.html   (142 words)

  
 CapWeb - Politics covering political parties and citizenship and guide to the U.S. Congress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This section will provide you with contact and other important political information on the 109th U.S. Congress.
Search by state to find valuable political information.
Terms Of Use Views are those of individual authors and not necessarily those of Capweb.net.
www.capweb.net   (116 words)

  
 Belgium Political parties and leaders - Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Home > Belgium > Government > Political parties and leaders
Francophone parties: Ecolo (Francophone Greens) [Jean-Michel JAVAUX, Evelyne HUYTEBROECK, Claude BROUIR]; Humanist and Democratic Center of CDH [Joelle MILQUET]; National Front or FN [Daniel FERET]; Reformist Movement or MR [Didier REYNDERS]; Socialist Party or PS [Elio DI RUPO]; other minor parties
This entry includes a listing of significant political organizations and their leaders.
www.indexmundi.com /belgium/political_parties_and_leaders.html   (135 words)

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