Workers' Party of Belgium
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Not to be confused with Partij van de Arbeid, a Dutch social democratic party with the same abbrevation in Dutch.
The Workers' Party of Belgium (French: Parti du Travail de Belgique, PTB; Dutch: Partij van de Arbeid van België, PVDA; lit. 'Labour Party of Belgium') is a Marxist and socialist political party in Belgium. It is the only Belgian party represented in parliament that is a fully national party, representing both Flanders and Wallonia. Having historically been a small party, the PTB-PVDA has gained momentum since the 2010s, continuously scoring better at the elections, particularly in Wallonia and working-class communities in Brussels.[14][15][16]
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Workers' Party of Belgium Partij van de Arbeid van België Parti du Travail de Belgique Partei der Arbeit Belgiens | |
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President | Raoul Hedebouw |
Vice President | David Pestieau |
National Secretary | Peter Mertens |
Founder | Ludo Martens |
Founded | 1979; 45 years ago (1979) |
Preceded by | All Power To The Workers |
Headquarters | Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier / Maurice Lemonnierlaan 171 1000, Brussels |
Newspaper | Solidaire / Solidair |
Student wing | Comac |
Youth wing | RedFox[1] |
Women's wing | Marianne |
Membership (2023) | 26,000[2] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Left-wing[8][9][10] to far-left[11][12] |
International affiliation | IMCWP |
European Parliament group | The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL[13] |
Colours | Red Dark red (customary) |
Chamber of Representatives | 12 / 150 |
Senate | 5 / 60 |
Flemish Parliament | 4 / 124 |
Walloon Parliament | 10 / 75 |
Brussels Parliament | 11 / 89 |
Parliament of the French Community | 13 / 94 |
European Parliament | 1 / 21 |
Benelux Parliament | 2 / 21 |
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