nl, Socialistische Partij
german: Sozialistische Partei , abbreviation = PS , logo = Socialist Party (Belgium) logo.svg , leader1_title = President , leader1_name = Paul Magnette , foundation = 1978 , predecessor =

Belgian Socialist Party nl, Belgische Socialistische Partij , logo = Logo of the Belgian Socialist Party.png , caption = The fist and rose emblem used by the party from 1973. , leader1_title = President , leader1_name = Achille Van Acker (first)André Cools (last) ...

, headquarters = National Secretariat
Bd de l'Empereur/Keizerslaan 13, Brussels , youth_wing =

Movement of Young Socialists The Movement of Young Socialists (french: Mouvement des Jeunes Socialistes, MJS) or simply ''Jeunes Socialistes'' is the youth organisation of the Socialist Party of Belgium. The MJS is member of the Young European Socialists (YES) and Internatio ...

, think_tank =

Institut Emile Vandervelde An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can ...

, ideology =

Progressivism Progressivism holds that it is possible to improve human societies through political action. As a political movement, progressivism seeks to advance the human condition through social reform based on purported advancements in science, tech ...

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Eco-socialism Eco-socialism (also known as green socialism or socialist ecology) is an ideology merging aspects of socialism with that of green politics, ecology and alter-globalization or anti-globalization. Eco-socialists generally believe that the expansi ...

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Pro-Europeanism Pro-Europeanism, sometimes called European Unionism, is a political position that favours European integration and membership of the European Union (EU).Krisztina Arató, Petr Kaniok (editors). ''Euroscepticism and European Integration''. Polit ...

, position = , international = Progressive Alliance

Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism. It consists mostly of socialist and labour-oriented political parties and organisation ...

, european = Party of European Socialists , europarl =

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) is the political group in the European Parliament of the Party of European Socialists (PES). The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats was officially founded as a Socialis ...

, affiliation1_title = Flemish counterpart , affiliation1 = Vooruit , seats1_title = Chamber of Representatives
(French-speaking seats) , seats1 = , seats2_title = Senate
(French-speaking seats) , seats2 = , seats3_title = Walloon Parliament , seats3 = , seats4_title = Parliament of the French Community , seats4 = , seats5_title = Brussels Parliament
(French-speaking seats) , seats5 = , seats6_title =

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the Legislature, legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven Institutions of the European Union, institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and in ...

( French-speaking seats) , seats6 = , colours = Red , website = , country = Belgium The Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste, PS) is a social democratic French-speaking political party in Belgium. As of the 2019 elections, it is the third largest party in the

Belgian Chamber of Representatives The Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: , french: link=no, Chambre des représentants, german: link=no, Abgeordnetenkammer) is one of the two chambers in the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Senate. It is considered ...

and the largest Francophone party. The party is led by Paul Magnette. The party supplies the

Minister-president A minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government where they preside over the council of ministers. I ...

of the

French Community The French Community (1958–1960; french: Communauté française) was the constitutional organization set up in 1958 between France and its remaining African colonies, then in the process of decolonization. It replaced the French Union, which ...

( Rudy Demotte), and the

Brussels-Capital Region Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

(

Rudi Vervoort Rudi Vervoort (born 20 November 1958) is a Brussels politician. He is the mayor of Evere since 1998 and member of the Brussels Parliament. He became the Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region on 7 May 2013 and is responsible for Local A ...

). In the German-speaking community, the party is known as the ''Sozialistische Partei'' (SP). The PS is very commonly part of governing coalitions, and dominates most local authorities because of the extremely fragmented nature of Belgian political institutions, particularly in Francophone areas. In the years since 1999, the PS has simultaneously controlled five regional executive bodies: the Government of the French Community, the Walloon Government, the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the COCOF, a local subsidiary in Brussels of the French Community Government, and the Government of the German-speaking Community. The party, or its members, have from time to time been brought into connection with criminal activities and political scandals, mostly concerning bribery and financial fraud ( Cools assassination,

Agusta scandal The Agusta scandal (french: Affaire Agusta, nl, Agustaschandaal), alternatively known as the Agusta–Dassault Case, was a major political scandal which occurred in Belgium during the 1990s, based on allegations that two multinational companies ...

, Dassault Affair,

Carolorégienne affair Between 2005 and 2007, many court cases implicated personalities of the municipal government in the city of Charleroi in Belgium. In October 2006, mayor Jacques Van Gompel of the PS was jailed on fraud and forgery charges. 3Léon Casaert, also of ...

ICDI affair This is a list of political scandals in Belgium from 1830 to present.Lieven De Winter, "Political corruption in Belgium." in ''Corruption in Contemporary Politics'' (Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2003). 93-105. List of scandals * Victor Jacobs af ...

). The Carolorégienne affair caused Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe to step down as

Minister-President of the Walloon region The minister-president of Wallonia () is the head of the Government of Wallonia, the executive power of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. The official residence, known as the Élysette, is in Namur, along the Meuse River. The minist ...

Electoral results

The PS performed well in the 2003 general election, but were overtaken as the largest Francophone party by the Reformist Movement in the 2007 general election In the 10 June 2007 general elections, the party won 20 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 4 out of 40 seats in the Senate. The PS was a member of the

Leterme I Government The Leterme I Government was the federal government of Belgium from 20 March 2008 to 22 December 2008. It took office when the Flemish Christian democrat Yves Leterme (CD&V) was sworn in as Prime Minister. It followed the Belgian general elect ...

Van Rompuy I Government The Van Rompuy Government was the federal government of Belgium from 30 December 2008 until 15 November 2009. Herman Van Rompuy was nominated as the first President of the European Council and resigned shortly after as Premier. It took office when ...

, Leterme II Government and currently the Di Rupo I Government of 6 December 2011, with former PS leader Elio Di Rupo serving as Prime Minister of Belgium.

Timeline

Results for the Chamber of Representatives, in percentages for the Kingdom of Belgium. ImageSize = width:650 height:210 PlotArea = height:150 left:100 bottom:50 right:100 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:16 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:2 start:0 PlotData= bar:% color:red width:22 mark:(line,white) align:center bar:1978 from:start till:13.1 text:" 13.1" bar:1981 from:start till:12.7 text:" 12.7" bar:1985 from:start till:13.8 text:" 13.8" bar:1987 from:start till:15.6 text:" 15.6" bar:1991 from:start till:13.5 text:" 13.5" bar:1995 from:start till:11.9 text:" 11.9" bar:1999 from:start till:10.2 text:" 10.2" bar:2003 from:start till:13.0 text:" 13.0" bar:2007 from:start till:10.86 text:" 10.86" bar:2010 from:start till:13.70 text:" 13.70" bar:2014 from:start till:11.67 text:" 11.67" bar:2019 from:start till:9.46 text:" 9.46"

Ideology

The ideology and image of the PS is a mix of

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, combined with a modern electoral marketing. In its political program, the party claims to be progressive and ecosocialist.https://www.ps.be/Content/Uploads/PSOfficiel/PDFs/170%20engagements%20A5-3.pdf

Notable figures

Chairmen

* André Cools, 1978–1981 (previously leader of the Walloon branch of the BSP/PSB) *

Guy Spitaels Guy Gustave Arthur Ghislain Spitaels (3 September 1931 – 21 August 2012) was a Belgian politician of the Socialist Party. He was the 7th Minister-President of Wallonia from 1992 to 1994 and president of his party for thirteen years, until he wa ...

, 1981–1992 *

Philippe Busquin Philippe Busquin (born 6 January 1941) is a Belgian politician. Busquin was born in Feluy. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009 for the French Community of Belgium with the Parti Socialiste, part of the Socialist Gro ...

, 1992–1999 * Elio Di Rupo, 1999–2011 *

Thierry Giet Thierry is a French male given name, derived from the Germanic "Theodoric". It is the cognate of German " Dietrich" and " Dieter", English Terry, Derek and Derrick, and of various forms in other European languages. It is also a surname. Peopl ...

, 2011–2013 (ad interim) * Paul Magnette, 2013–2014 (ad interim) * Elio Di Rupo, 2014–2019 * Paul Magnette, 2019–

Other

* Rudy Demotte *

André Flahaut André M. J. Gh. Flahaut (born 18 August 1955) is a Belgian politician, then in the province of Brabant and now in the province of Walloon Brabant. Flahaut studied political sciences and public administration at the Université Libre de Bru ...

* Jean-Claude Marcourt * Philippe Moureaux * Laurette Onkelinx * Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe

Electoral results

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

Regional

Brussels Parliament

Walloon Parliament

German-speaking Community Parliament

European Parliament

References

External links

*
Official website of German-speaking section
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Electoral results

Timeline

Ideology

Notable figures

Chairmen

Other

Electoral results

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

Regional

Brussels Parliament

Walloon Parliament

German-speaking Community Parliament

European Parliament

See also

References

External links