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Workers Party of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (354 words) |
 | The Workers' Party of Belgium (WPB), Partij van de Arbeid van Belgiƫ (PVDA) (in Dutch) or Parti du Travail de Belgique (PTB) (in French) is a Belgian communist party. |
 | The Workers Party of Belgium originated in the student movement at the end of the 1960s. |
 | They were influenced by the ideas of the Chinese Communist Party, guerrilla movements in Latin America, the movement against Vietnam War, and the Leuven-Vlaams mouvement, the democratisation of the (then still French-speaking) University of Leuven (in the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium). |
| Socialist Party - Different - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (249 words) |
 | Socialist Party - Different or Social Progressive Alternative (Dutch: Socialistische Partij - Anders or Sociaal Progressief Alternatief (sp.a) is the Flemish socialist party in Belgium. |
 | The party is currently led by Caroline Gennez, after former president Steve Stevaert left to become governor of Limburg. |
 | The SP.A is part of the current federal coalition of Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt containing four liberal and socialist parties from the north and the south of the country. |