The Committee for Another Policy ( nl, Comité voor een Andere Politiek, french: Comité pour une Autre Politique), abbreviated to CAP, was a

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movement that was established in 2005, and became a political party in 2006.

Formation

The initiators of the committee are the Belgian politicians Jef Sleeckx (former SP.A-MP), Lode Van Outrive (former MEP for the SP.A, and former ABVV) and

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chairman

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. All three have been active in the Belgian

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movement for several decades. On 28 October 2006, a foundation congress took place at the ULB in

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. Various existing left-wing groups, like the LSP, the KP and the

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, committed their support to the idea of a new broad left-wing political formation.

Elections in 2007

At a second congress, held on 3 February 2007, it was decided by a great majority of the participants to take part in the Belgian federal elections of 10 June 2007. The CAP participated with 239 candidates in these elections and got 0.4% of the vote for both the Chamber of People's Representatives and the

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Election results

Federal Parliament

References

External links

Official website (Dutch)

Official website (French)
{{Authority control Defunct socialist parties in Belgium Political party alliances in Belgium Political parties established in 2005 2005 establishments in Belgium