Team Fouad Ahidar (TFA) is a Belgian political party. Founded in 2024 as a minority-interest party, it is named after its founder,

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Establishment

Fouad Ahidar was elected as a Brussels MP in 2004 for sp.a, later known as

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. He held a leading position in the party and was party leader. After Vooruit party chairman

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was charged with making racist statements, Ahidar resigned from the party in December 2023. In February 2024, he announced that he would present his own list in the Dutch-speaking electoral college in Brussels for the 2024 regional elections. Despite being nominally a bilingual and cross-community party, Team Fouad Ahidar presented candidates in only the Dutch-speaking electoral college in Brussels and for the Flemish parliament.

2024 elections

In the elections for the Brussels Parliament on June 9, 2024, the party obtained 16.47% of the votes and three seats with Fouad Ahidar, and in the Dutch language group. This made Team Fouad Ahidar the second largest faction on the Dutch-speaking side, after

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and lies". The

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and

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both stated they would not form a Brussels government with Team Fouad Ahidar, effectively relegating the party to opposition.

Controversy

Party founder Ahidar described the

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as "a minor reaction by part of

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Election results

Chamber of Representatives

Regional

Brussels Parliament

Flemish Parliament

References

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