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 | | | Leader | Elio Di Rupo | | Political Ideology | Social democracy | | | Founded | 1978 | | Earlier name(s) | PS/SP, PSB/BSP, POB/BWP | | | International Affiliation | Socialist International | | European Affiliation | PES | | European Parliament Group | PES | | Cartel | none | | | | Flemish counterpart | SP.A | | | | | Website | www.ps.be | | Headquarters | national secretariat
Bd de l'Empereur/Keizerslaan, Brussels | | Colours | Red | | | See also | Politics of Belgium
Politics of Flanders
Politics of the Walloon Region
Political parties
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Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ...
Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...
The official symbol of Socialist International. ...
The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a European political party whose members are 33 social democratic, socialist and labour parties of the European Union member states as well as Norway. ...
Socialist Party - Different or Social Progressive Alternative (Dutch: Socialistische Partij - Anders or Sociaal Progressief Alternatief (sp. ...
Politics of Belgium takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the King of the Belgians is the Head of State and the Prime Minister of Belgium is the head of government in a pluriform multi-party system. ...
This article is about the politics of Flanders. ...
The Politics of Wallonia concern not only the government of the region of Wallonia, but also that of the French Community of Belgium, the German-speaking Community of Belgium and the Brussels-Capital Region. ...
Belgium is a federation with a multi-party political system, with numerous parties who factually have no chance of gaining power alone, and therefore must work with each other to form coalition governments. ...
Elections in Belgium gives information on election and election results in Belgium. ...
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 siège du Parti Socialiste, boulevard de l'Empereur à Bruxelles The Socialist Party (French: Parti Socialiste, PS) is a Francophone social democratic political party in Belgium. As of the 2007 elections, it is the second largest Francophone party (after the MR) in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. The party is led by Elio Di Rupo and supplies the Ministers-President of Wallonia (Rudy Demotte), Brussels (Charles Picqué) and the French (Marie Arena) and German (Karl-Heinz Lambertz) Communities of Belgium. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,920 × 2,560 pixels, file size: 2. ...
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French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ...
Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ...
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The next Belgian general election is scheduled to take place on Sunday June 24, 2007. ...
The Mouvement Réformateur (MR) is a Belgian French-speaking liberal party, favoring a united Belgium. ...
The Belgian Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: de Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers, French: la Chambre des Représentants) is one of the two chambers of the Belgian Federal Parliament. ...
Elio Di Rupo Elio Di Rupo (b. ...
This is the list of Ministers-President (prime ministers) of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. ...
Rudy Demotte (born June 3, 1963) is a Belgian socialist politician who currently serves as Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, in the Belgian federal government. ...
The regional government of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, is headed by a Minister-President which acts as the prime minister of this regional government. ...
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Karl-Heinz Lambertz (born June 4, 1952 at Amel, Belgium), is a jurist and politician, currently the leader (Minister-President) of the community executive of the German-speaking community of Belgium. ...
The PS is nearly always part of the governing coalition, and dominates most local authorities because of the extremely fragmented nature of political institutions, especially from the French-speaking side. In the years since 1999, the PS has simultaneously controlled five regional executive bodies: the Francophone Community Government, the Walloon Regional Government, the Brussels Regional Government, as well as the COCOF, a local subsidiary in Brussels of the Francophone Community Government and even the German-speaking Community Government. The PS did very well in the 2003 general election, but had to see how the Mouvement Réformateur took hold of the 2007 election. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Mouvement Réformateur (MR) is a Belgian French-speaking liberal party, favoring a united Belgium. ...
The ideology and image of the PS is a mix of old-style state interventionism, combined with a modern electoral marketing (since Elio Di Rupo became the party's strongman). In 2004, the PS senator Philippe Moureaux presented the law granting the right of vote to foreigners. Elio Di Rupo Elio Di Rupo (b. ...
Philippe Moureaux Philippe Moureaux (born 12 April 1939 in Etterbeek) is a Belgian politician, senator, mayor of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, and professor of economic history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. ...
Suffrage, the right to vote in a particular country, generally derives from citizenship. ...
The party, or its members, have from time to time been brought into connection with criminal activities and political scandals, mostly concerning bribery and financial fraud ( Cools assassination, Agusta scandal, Dassault Affair, Carolorégienne affair, ICDI affair). The Carolorégienne affair caused Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe to step down as Minister-President of Wallonia. André Cools (August 1, 1927 – July 18, 1991) was a Belgian socialist politician who was assassinated at Liège. ...
The Agusta scandal or the Case Agusta-Dassault was a Belgian corruption scandal. ...
The ICDI affair is a Belgium political scandal involving the Intercommunale pour la Collecte et la Destruction des Immondices (ICDI), the refuse collector of the Wallonian region of Charleroi. ...
Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe (born April 28, 1944), sometimes nicknamed as Van Cau, is a French-speaking Belgian politician. ...
This is the list of Minister-Presidents (prime ministers) of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. ...
2007 elections In the 10 June 2007 general elections, the party won 20 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 4 out of 40 seats in the Senate. The next Belgian general election is scheduled to take place on Sunday June 24, 2007. ...
The Belgian Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: de Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers, French: la Chambre des Représentants) is one of the two chambers of the Belgian Federal Parliament. ...
The Belgian Senate (Dutch: de Senaat, French: le Sénat) is one of the two chambers of the Belgian Federal Parliament. ...
Notable figures (Past and present) André Cools (August 1, 1927 – July 18, 1991) was a Belgian socialist politician who was assassinated at Liège. ...
Rudy Demotte (born June 3, 1963) is a Belgian socialist politician who currently serves as Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, in the Belgian federal government. ...
Elio Di Rupo Elio Di Rupo (b. ...
André Flahaut is a Belgian politician. ...
Jean-Claude Marcourt (October 16, 1956) is the Minister of Economics and Employment of the Belgian region of Wallonia since 2004. ...
Philippe Moureaux Philippe Moureaux (born 12 April 1939 in Etterbeek) is a Belgian politician, senator, mayor of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, and professor of economic history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. ...
Laurette Onkelinx Laurette Onkelinx (born October 2, 1958) is a Belgian politician from the Socialist Party. ...
Guy Spitaels (born September 3, 1931 in Ath) is a Belgian politician of the Socialist Party. ...
Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe (born April 28, 1944), sometimes nicknamed as Van Cau, is a French-speaking Belgian politician. ...
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