The Belgian Socialist Party ( French : Parti Socialiste belge , PSB ; Dutch : Belgische Socialistische Partij , 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.
13-624: The BSP was founded by activists from the Belgian Labour Party (1885–1940), which was the first Belgian socialist party. It ceased to function during the Second World War , while Belgium was under Nazi occupation. Its main support bases were the co-operative and trade union movements, and it won relatively more support in Wallonia . Like most Belgian political organisations, the party supported greater integration with
26-470: Is no information on the results of separate lists, hence only the result for the combined lists is shown. [REDACTED] Media related to Parti Socialiste (Belgium) at Wikimedia Commons Belgian Labour Party The Belgian Labour Party ( Dutch : Belgische Werkliedenpartij , BWP ; French : Parti ouvrier belge , POB ) was the first major socialist party in Belgium . Founded in 1885,
39-713: The Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1884 from the Liberal Party in the wake of the schools dispute . The Catholic Party retained its absolute majority until 1918. In 1921, the party became the Catholic Union , and from 1936 the Catholic Bloc . At the end of World War II , on 18–19 August 1945 the party was succeeded by the PSC-CVP . This article about a Belgian political party
52-538: The Catholic Party the majority it had enjoyed since 1884, which led the Catholic Party to form a coalition with Labour, forming a cabinet that contained Labour members. The Belgian Labour Party used this opportunity to demand and to have passed reforms such as the repeal of a law that prohibited picketing, an eight-hour workday, old-age pensions, inheritance taxes, and a graduated income tax. The party
65-832: The European Economic Community , albeit in a socialist context. As linguistic and community issues became more divisive, the Belgian Socialist Party split into two new entities: the Flemish Socialist Party for the Flemish community and the Parti Socialiste (PS) for the Francophone community. 623,395 1,172,878 11.80% 22,20% 725,513 1,327,645 13.01% 23,81% From
78-576: The Ghent socialist leader, Edward Anseele, was elected in Liège . After 1919, universal male suffrage and proportional representation greatly enhanced the party's parliamentary strength and it participated in several governments. In the 1919 election , the Belgian Labour Party won 36.6% of the vote and increased their parliamentary representation from 26 to 70 seats. This was enough to deny
91-427: The 1971 general election, the Belgian Socialist Party ran separate lists for Flanders and Wallonia; however, they still existed under a single party. The letters in bold thus show the results of the combined lists and consequently the true result of the Belgian Socialist Party in each election Whilst the Belgian Socialist Party also ran separate lists for Flanders and Wallonia in the 1974 general election, there
104-663: The party was officially disbanded in 1940 and superseded by the Belgian Socialist Party in 1945. In April 1885, a meeting of 112 workers took place in a room of the café De Zwaan on the Grand-Place in Brussels , at the same place where the First International had convened, and where Karl Marx had written The Communist Manifesto . At this meeting the Belgian Labour Party (POB or BWP)
117-748: The party were the Catholic Cercles , of which the eldest had been founded in Bruges . The Malines Congresses in 1863, 1864, and 1867 brought together Ultramontanes or Confessionals and the Liberal-Catholics or Constitutionals . At the Congress of 1867, it was decided to create the League of Catholic Circles , which was founded on 22 October 1868. The Catholic Party, under the leadership of Charles Woeste , gained an absolute majority in
130-735: The party, a point of view which was also defended by Cesar De Paepe (1841–1890). The Charter of Quaregnon (located in this municipality and not in Mons because of the Garde Civique ' s 'fusillade of Mons' ), of 1894 provided the doctrinal basis for the Belgian socialists from 1894 until 1979. Before 1919, the district system in Belgian elections made it almost impossible for the Labour Party to get parliamentary seats in Flanders , and
143-859: Was a Belgian political party established in 1869 as the Confessional Catholic Party ( Dutch : Confessionele Katholieke Partij ). In 1852, a Union Constitutionnelle et Conservatrice was founded in Ghent , in Leuven (1854), and in Antwerp and Brussels in 1858, which were active only during elections. On 11 July 1864 the Federation of Catholic Circles and Conservative Associations was created ( French : Fédération des Cercles catholiques et des Associations conservatrices ; Dutch : Verbond van Katholieke Kringen en der Conservatieve Verenigingen ). The other group which contributed to
SECTION 10
#1732773132770156-622: Was a member of the Labour and Socialist International between 1923 and 1940. After World War II , most of the BWP/POB officials joined to found the Belgian Socialist Party . This election saw the introduction of Proportional representation (PR) , making Belgium the first country in Europe to adopt said voting system. Catholic Party (Belgium) The Catholic Party ( French : Parti catholique ; Dutch : Katholieke Partij )
169-458: Was created. Several groups had been represented at this meeting, including the BSP of Edward Anseele . The members were mainly craftsmen and not workers from industrial centres (with the exception of Ghent ). When drafting a programme for the new party, it was feared that a radical programme would deter workers. On that basis it was decided that the word socialism would not be mentioned in the name of
#769230