Pro Bruxsel - Wikipedia

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (November 2020) Click [show] for important translation instructions.

Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Pro Bruxsel]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Pro Bruxsel}} to the talk page.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Dutch. (November 2020) Click [show] for important translation instructions.

Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Dutch Wikipedia article at [[:nl:Pro Bruxsel]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|nl|Pro Bruxsel}} to the talk page.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Pro Bruxsel is a regional party in Brussels, the capital of Belgium and of Europe. The party is one of the few bilingual parties in the country, along with the small Vivant, Belgian Union, Workers' Party of Belgium, and Left Socialist Party.

In the Brussels regional parliament elections on 7 June 2009, the party gained 1.7% of the Francophone votes and 2.7% of the Dutch-speakers' votes.^[1] The party got no seats. The party ran on two lists, adding the letters 'F' and 'N' on the French and Dutch lists, respectively.^[2] The two lists consisted of 72 Francophone and 17 Dutch-speaking candidates, respectively.^[3]

References

[edit]

^ "election results". General Directorate for Population and Institutions. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
^ "Belgium's first bilingual party defies establishment". EurActiv.com. 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
^ Candidate lists, ProBruxsel

Political parties in Belgium

Flemish parties

Major	New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) (25) Flemish Interest (VB) (18) Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) (12) Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld) (12) Vooruit (Forward) (9) Green (Groen) (8)
Minor	Libertarian, Direct, Democratic (LDD)

Francophone parties

Major	Socialist Party (PS) (20) Reformist Movement (MR) (14) Ecolo (13) Les Engagés (The Engaged Ones) (5) DéFI (2)
Minor	Liberal Democrats (Belgium) Libertarian Party Nation Rally Wallonia France Walloon Rally (RW) Chez nous

Unitary

Major	Workers' Party (PVDA/PTB) (12)
Minor	Agora Belgian Union (BUB) DierAnimal ISLAM Left Socialist Party (LSP/PSL) Pirate Party Pro Bruxsel Vivant Volt Belgium Communist Party L'Unie

German-speaking

Former notable

Catholic Party → Christian Social Party (CVP/PSC) (1869–1968)
Labour Party (BWP/POB) → Socialist Party (SP/PS) (1885–1978)
Liberal Party → Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV/PLP) (1846–1992)

Communist Party (1921/1989–2009)
Flemish National Union (VNV) (1933–1944)
Front Party (1919–1933)
National Front (1985–2012)
People's Union (1954–2001)
Rexist Party (1930–1945)
Social Liberal Party (SLP/Spirit) (2001–2009)

The numbers are seats in the Chamber of Representatives (150)

This article about a Belgian political party is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.