Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams

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Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams
Logo of the CD&V
Wouter Beke675.jpg
Party leader Wouter Beke
Secretary General Ludwig Caluwé
vice-chairman Cindy Franssen
Griet Smaers
founding 1869 (Catholic Party)
1945 (CVP)
2001 (CD&V)
Place of foundation Brussels
Headquarters Wetstraat 89
1040 Brussels
Alignment Christian Democratic
Colours) orange
Belgian Chamber of Deputies
12/150
Belgian Senate
5/60
Flemish Parliament
19/124
Brussels Parliament
1/89
Number of members 56,746 (2014)
Minimum age 15 years
International connections CDI
MEPs
2/21
European party EPP
EP Group EPP
Website www.cdenv.be

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founding

The first Catholic party ( Katholieke Partij ) in Belgium was founded in 1869 as Verbond van Katholieke Kringen en der Conservatieve Verenigingen (Association of Catholic Circles and Conservative Associations), in particular on the initiative of the Catholic lawyer and politician Charles Graf Woeste in response to the growing anti-clericalism that emanated mainly from Belgian liberalism . From 1884 to 1918, the Catholic party, under the leadership of Charles Woeste, had an absolute majority in parliament and was responsible for government.

In 1921 it was renamed Katholieke Unie van arbeiders, burgers, middenstanders en landbouwers (Catholic Union of Workers, Citizens, Farmers and Craftsmen).

In 1936 the Union suffered a severe election defeat; the Catholic Union (Katholieke Unie) went into the Catholic Block (Katholieke Blok).

Time after 1945

After the Second World War, it was incorporated into the on 18./19. Christelijke Volkspartij CVP (Christian People's Party) founded in August 1945 , which later split into the Flemish Christelijke Volkspartij (CVP) and the Parti Social Chrétien (PSC), the counterpart in the French-speaking area of ​​Belgium.

In 2001 the CVP (Christelijke Volkspartij) changed its name to CD&V (Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams). In the federal elections in 2003 it was only the third largest party in Belgium, but in 2004 it was the largest party in Flanders. Yves Leterme became the new Flemish Prime Minister.

After the 2007 election, the CD&V provided Yves Leterme as the prime minister in a five-man coalition after a nine-month government crisis from March to December 2008. Leterme resigned after it became known that he was influencing judges in the Fortis affair. As of December 30, 2008, the former Chamber Chairman Herman Van Rompuy was Prime Minister. However, since he was designated the first permanent President of the European Council on November 19, 2009 , he resigned as Prime Minister on November 25, 2009 due to incompatibility. On the same day, Yves Leterme was reappointed Prime Minister, since then he has led his second federal government.

After the Flemish election in 2009, the CD&V was again the largest party in Flanders. Kris Peeters , who had been so since 2007, became Flemish Prime Minister again.

Marianne Thyssen , party leader since 2008, resigned from the party leadership on June 23, 2010 on the occasion of the CD&V defeat in the federal elections on June 13, 2010 . Wouter Beke was elected as the new chairman on December 22, 2010, after he had already temporarily taken over the office after Thyssen's resignation.

Sister parties

In Belgium the CD&V is a sister party of the CDH and the CSP . Other large Christian Democratic EPP members in Europe are the CDU and the CSU in Germany, the CSV in Luxembourg and the CDA in the Netherlands.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ http://www.demorgen.be/binnenland/open-vld-telt-meeste-leden-a2106576/
  2. ↑ Newspaper article from "De Standaard" from December 22, 2010 (Dutch)

Web links

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