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Les Engagés
(LE, , ) is a centrist French-speaking political party in Belgium. The party originated in the split in 1972 of the unitary Christian Social Party (PSC-CVP), which had been the country's governing party for much of the post-war period. It continued to be called the Christian Social Party (, PSC) until 2002 when it was renamed the Humanist Democratic Centre (, CDH). It took its current name on 17 March 2022, and currently is a member of the governing national coalition in Belgium, along with the Walloon and French Community coalition governments. History The PSC was officially founded in 1972. The foundation was the result of the split of the unitary Christian Social Party (PSC-CVP) into the Dutch-speaking Christian People's Party (CVP) and the French-speaking Christian Social Party (PSC), following the increased linguistic tensions after the crisis at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1968. The PSC performed particularly badly in the 1999 general election. This was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvan Verougstraete
Yvan Verougstraete (born 5 October 1975) is a Belgian politician, member of the center-right party Les Engagés. On 20 June, his party left the EPP to join Renew Europe Renew Europe (Renew) is a liberal, pro-European political group of the European Parliament founded for the ninth European Parliament term. The group is the successor to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group which .... Political life In 1994, at the age of 18, he became the country's youngest local councillor in his native Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. In 2021, after leaving Medi-Market, Yvan Verougstraete returned to politics and became a member of the Les Engagés party, of which he is now vice-chairman. He is the lead candidate for Les Engagés in the European elections on Junes, 2024. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament on 9 June, 2024 with 63530 votes in favor. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Verougstraete, Yvan Living people MEPs for Belgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Social Party (Belgium, Defunct)
Christian Social Party may refer to: *Christian Social Party (Austria) * Christian Social Party (Belgium) * Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct) * Christian Social Party (Germany) *Christian Social Union of Bavaria * Christian Socialist Party (Hungary) * Christian Social Party (Liechtenstein) * Christian Social Party (Netherlands) * Christian Social Party of Obwalden *Christian Social Party (Switzerland) The Christian Social Party (CSP) (german: Christlich-soziale Partei, french: Parti chrétien-social) is a list of political parties in Switzerland, political party in Switzerland of the Christian left. The CSP is more aligned with social democ ... * Christian Social Party (Venezuela) See also * Social Christian Party (other) {{disambig, political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European People's Party
The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with Christian-democratic, conservative, and liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative member parties. A transnational organisation, it is composed of other political parties. Founded by primarily Christian-democratic parties in 1976, it has since broadened its membership to include liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative parties and parties with other centre-right politics, centre-right political perspectives. On 31 May 2022, the party elected as its President Manfred Weber, who was also EPP's ''Spitzenkandidat'' in 2019. The EPP has been the largest party in the European Parliament since 1999 and in the European Council since 2002. It is also the largest party in the current European Commission. The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola are from the EPP. Many of the founding fathers of the European Union were also from parties th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 European Parliament Election In Belgium
The 2024 European Parliament election in Belgium was held on 9 June 2024 in the three Belgian constituencies (the Dutch-speaking electoral college, the French-speaking electoral college and the German-speaking electoral college) to elect the Belgian delegation to the European Parliament. It is part of the 2024 European Parliament election and the 2024 Belgian elections. It will be the tenth European Parliament election held in Belgium, and the first to take place after Brexit. Electoral system Compared to last election, Belgium is entitled to one more Member of the European Parliament, MEP assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures. Each constituency elects its members through Open list#More open, semi-open list proportional representation with seats allocated through D'Hondt method and no electoral threshold. The 22 Belgian seats are divided among the three constituencies as follows: * 13 MEPs to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
