ProDG (, ) is a regionalist,

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active in the

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. The party brings together politicians from the previous

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(PDB) and Parteilos Jugendliche Unabhängige (PJU) movement. The party was formed in 2008 and first featured on the electoral ballot in 2009. Following the 2009 regional election, the party won four out of 25 seats in the

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and participated in the regional

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with two ministers. In the 2014 regional election, the party won six seats and its leader

Oliver Paasch Oliver Paasch (; Malmedy, 21 October 1971) is a Belgian politician of the German-speaking ProDG (Belgium), Pro Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft party and the incumbent Minister-president of the German-speaking Community of Belgium. Between 2004 a ...

became the new minister-president. The party was formerly a member of the

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. The party is a member of the Federal Union of European Nationalities since 2014.

Election results

German-speaking Community Parliament

European Parliament

References

External links

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