Cartel (Belgian politics)
In Belgian politics, a cartel is a special form of cooperation between political parties. As a rule, this involves a common electoral list and sometimes a common parliamentary group. Furthermore, cartel parties coordinate their policies and join governments. The introduction of a five percent hurdle in the Belgian elections from 2002 onwards contributed to the development of cartels; however, the first cartel existed as early as 1912 with socialists and liberals.
In Flanders , the following cartels existed at federal and regional level:
- from 2003 to 2008: cartel consisting of the social democratic Socialist Partij Anders (sp.a) and the left-liberal Spirit . The latter emerged from the social-liberal-national Volksunie , renamed itself several times and disappeared at the end of 2009.
- From 2004 to 2008: the so-called Vlaams Kartel consisting of the Christian Democratic Christian Democrats (CD&V) and the Flemish nationalist Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA), which is also a splinter party of the former Volksunie.
- from 2004 to 2007: Cartel consisting of the liberal Vlaamse Liberalen en Democrats (VLD) with the progressive-radical democratic Vivant . Since 2007 Vivant and the liberal-conservative Liberaal Appèl have merged into the VLD, which has been called Open VLD ever since .
- 2007 and 2009: de facto cartel consisting of the right-wing liberal Vlaams Liberaal Onafhankelijk Tolerant Transparant and the right-wing radical Vlaams Belang (VB).
On the francophone side ( Wallonia and Brussels ), the de facto cartel between the liberal Parti réformateur libéral (PRL), the Franco-Brussels Fédéralistes démocrates francophones (FDF) and the center-right Mouvement des citoyens pour le changement (MCC) should be mentioned . The cartel has existed since 1998 and has been running under the common name Mouvement Réformateur (MR) since 2003 .
In the German-speaking Community , the cartel existed between the Party of German-Speaking Belgians (PDB) and the Independent Young People Independent (PJU). Both parties have merged into the regionally oriented ProDG since 2008 .
There are other cartels at the local level.
supporting documents
- ^ De Morgen: Geschiedenis van kartel CD & V / N-VA , last seen on March 2, 2010.