The Walloon Front for the Unity and Freedom of Wallonia (, FW) was a political party in

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

History

The FW was established by former

Belgian Socialist Party The Belgian Socialist Party (, , PSB; , , BSP) was a social-democratic political party which existed in Belgium from 1945 to 1978. During its time in office, a number of progressive social reforms were introduced. The BSP was founded by activists ...

member Robert Moreau on 19 January 1964.Walloon Front for the Unity and Freedom of Wallonia (FW)
Europe Politics In the 1965 general elections the party received 0.5% of the vote and won a single seat in the Chamber of Representatives. On 26 June 1965 it merged with the Walloon Workers' Party, the Walloon Democratic Rally and the Wallon Democratic Front to form the Walloon Party, the forerunner to the

Walloon Rally The Walloon Rally (, ; RW) is a regionalist political party in Belgium, active in Wallonia since 1968. The party favoured federalism and since 1985 independence. Founded on 7 March 1968, the party contested the Belgian general election of 1968 ...

. In 2013 a new Walloon Front party was established to participate in the 2014 elections.Creation of a new Walloon Front for the elections of 2014
RésistanceS, 28 October 2013

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{{Belgian political parties Political parties established in 1964 Political parties disestablished in 1965 Defunct political parties in Belgium