The Christian Social Party (german: Christlich-Soziale Partei, CSP) is a

Christian-democratic Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

operating in the

German-speaking Community of Belgium The German-speaking Community (german: links=no, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, or DG; french: links=no, Communauté germanophone; nl, links=no, Duitstalige Gemeenschap), since 2017 also known as East Belgium (german: links=no, Ostbelgien), is ...

. Its president is Luc Frank. In the

2004 European Parliament election The 2004 European Parliament election was held between 10 and 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. The European Parliamental parties could not be voted for, but electe ...

, standing as ''Christlich-Soziale Partei - Europäische Volkspartei'', the party gained the single seat allocated by

Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...

law to the German-speaking community. The party has maintained this seat since then. The CSP worked with its Francophone counterpart

Humanist Democratic Centre Humanist Democratic Centre (french: Centre Démocrate Humaniste, CDH) was a Christian democratic and centrist French-speaking political party in Belgium. The party originated in the split in 1972 of the unitary Christian Social Party (PSC-CVP) w ...

in other elections in the past.

Election results

Parliament of the German-speaking Community

European Parliament

Members

* Robert J. Houben (1905–1992)

Party logo

File:Partei CSP.svg, Logo before 2014. Orange is the traditional Christian democratic colour in Belgium. File:Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1971).png, Logo since 2014. Note the addition of the lion, symbolizing Belgium's German-speaking Community.

References

External links

Official site
Political parties in the German-speaking Community of Belgium Christian democratic parties in Belgium {{Belgium-party-stub