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17-718: The UDB was one of two post-war parties founded in Belgium appealing to Christian thought, the other being the Christian Social Party (PSC-CVP), heir to the prewar Catholic Party . The UDB's main founders were Pierre Clerdent and Antoine Delfosse and the party essentially originated in the French-speaking Christian workers' movement, being unable to gain major supporters from among the Flemish Christian workers' movement. The UDB

34-401: A Belgian political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Centre d%C3%A9mocrate humaniste Humanist Democratic Centre ( French : Centre Démocrate Humaniste , CDH) was a Christian democratic and centrist French-speaking political party in Belgium . The party originated in the split in 1972 of the unitary Christian Social Party (PSC-CVP) which had been

51-447: A centre-left policy towards the economy, supporting state interventionism and calling for the unity of Belgium, while also containing a centre-right faction on social issues and supporting tougher measures on crime. Presently, the party considers itself to be a movement rather than a party, and calls for citizen-led initiatives and more engagement between the public and politicians. CVP/PSC PSC cdH Until 1968 this lists gives

68-601: A new charter of principles, the "Charter of Democratic Humanism," was adopted and in 2002 the party adopted a new constitution and a new name, Humanist Democratic Centre. In the 2003 general election the party did not perform much better and was still confined to opposition. After the 2004 regional elections the party returned to power in Brussels, in Walloon Region and the French Community together with

85-518: The 1999 general election . This was linked to several scandals, such as the escape of Marc Dutroux and the discovery of dioxine in chickens (the PSC was a coalition partner in the Dehaene government ). The decline in votes was also explained by declining adherence to Catholicism . The party was confined to opposition on all levels of government. The party started a process of internal reform. In 2001

102-500: The 2014 general elections . In the 2019 general elections the party registered its worst ever performance, winning only 5 seats and 3.7% of the vote, as well as its worst performance in the Walloon and Brussels parliaments as part of the general trend of Belgians turning away from the traditional political parties. Its ideology was "democratic humanism, inspired by personalism inherited notably from Christian humanism" which includes

119-760: The Belgian Socialist Party and the Liberal Party or its successor the Party for Freedom and Progress . Amid rising regionalist tensions, the PSC-CVP's regional parties split along linguistic lines in 1968 to form the Francophone Christian Social Party ( Parti Social Chrétien , PSC) and Flemish Christian People's Party ( Christelijke Volkspartij , CVP). At the end of World War II , on 18–19 August 1945

136-739: The Parti Social Chrétien - Christelijke Volkspartij (CVP-PSC) was founded under the presidency of August de Schryver as the successor to the Catholic Party . In 1968, the party divided along linguistic lines, forming the Francophone Christian Social Party ( Parti Social Chrétien ) in Wallonia and the Flemish Christian People's Party ( Christelijke Volkspartij ) in Flanders . This article about

153-751: The Socialist Party and Ecolo in Brussels, and with the Socialist Party in Walloon Region and the French Community. In the 2007 general elections , the party won 10 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and two out of 40 seats in the Senate . In the 2010 general elections , the party lost one seat in the Chamber and kept its two seats in the Senate, a result which was repeated in

170-509: The CVP). Lévy, Max Bastin and Jacques Basyn became independents. Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct) The Christian Social Party ( French : Parti Social Chrétien , or PSC ; Dutch : Christelijke Volkspartij , CVP ) was a major centre-right political party in Belgium which existed from 1945 until 1968. Established as the successor to the pre-war Catholic Block ,

187-737: The Dutch-speaking Christian People's Party (CVP) and the French-speaking Christian Social Party (PSC), following the increased linguistic tensions after the crisis at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1968. A similar split already happened in 1936 when the Catholic Bloc split into the dutchophone Catholic Flemish People's Party and francophone Catholic Social Party . The PSC performed particularly badly in

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204-637: The PSC-CVP was established after the Liberation of Belgium with an explicitly "deconfessionalised" orientation in the Christian Democratic tradition. It remained the largest party in Belgian politics throughout much of its existence and was the last party in Belgian history to gain an outright majority in the 1950 elections . It provided a number of influential prime ministers and participated in most coalition governments in combination with

221-631: The capital's political circles. Its leaders came from the Belgian resistance and the other parties hoped that the UDB and CVP would compete against and weaken each other by splitting the Christian vote. When the PSC-CVP refused to participate in the second government of Achiel Van Acker (2 August 1945 - 9 January 1946), two UDB members of parliament joined it - Marcel Gregoire for Justice and Jacques Basyn for Defence. Franz De Voghel (with UDB sympathies)

238-559: The country's governing party for much of the post-war period. It continued to be called the Christian Social Party ( French : Parti Social Chrétien , PSC) until 2002 when it was renamed the Humanist Democratic Centre. It was refounded as Les Engagés in 2022. The PSC was officially founded in 1972. The foundation was the result of the split of the unitary Christian Social Party (PSC-CVP) into

255-631: The party had several leaders but no members. In 1946 it had 2,637 members - 380 in Flanders, 904 in Brabant (Brussels) and 1353 in Wallonia. This marked its end. Some of its leaders went over to the CVP, including Pierre Clerdent (governor of Luxembourg and Liège and later a liberal senator), Alfred Califice (frequently a minister for the CVP) and Antoine Delfosse (for whom this meant a switch back to

272-515: Was essentially a "labourist" ( travailliste ) party (which would now be placed on the centre-left) and was much keener on secularisation ( déconfessionnalisation ) and progress ( progressisme ) than the PSC-CVP, wishing to bring those of all philosophical and religious persuasions under one flag. It had ambitions to be a nationwide party, but was mainly restricted to Wallonia and the French-speakers in Brussels, making it short on influence in

289-467: Was minister of finance. UDB hopes were high at the general elections on 17 February 1946, but these were disappointed, with the party only gaining 51,095 votes (mainly in Brussels) and only managed to elect one person to the Chamber of Representatives ( Paul M. G. Lévy for the arrondissement of Nijvel , though he resigned after only a few weeks and was replaced by Werner Marchand ). It was clear that

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