Belgian Socialist Party

The Belgian Socialist Party (French: Parti Socialiste belge, PSB; Dutch: Belgische Socialistische Partij, BSP) was a social-democratic political party which existed in Belgium from 1945 to 1978. During its time in office, a number of progressive social reforms were introduced.

The BSP was founded by activists from the Belgian Labour Party (1885–1940), which was the first Belgian socialist party. It ceased to function during the Second World War, while Belgium was under Nazi occupation. Its main support bases were the co-operative and trade union movements, and it won relatively more support in Wallonia. Like most Belgian political organisations, the party supported greater integration with the European Economic Community, albeit in a socialist context.

As linguistic and community issues became more divisive, the Belgian Socialist Party split into two new entities: the Flemish Socialist Party for the Flemish community and the Parti Socialiste (PS) for the Francophone community.

Presidents

Election Results

^a From the 1971 general election, the Belgian Socialist Party ran separate lists for Flanders and Wallonia; however, they still existed under a single party. The letters in bold thus show the results of the combined lists and consequently the true result of the Belgian Socialist Party in each election
^b Whilst the Belgian Socialist Party also ran separate lists for Flanders and Wallonia in the 1974 general election, there is no information on the results of separate lists, hence only the result for the combined lists is shown.

See also

• Agusta scandal
• Charter of Quaregnon
• Socialist Party (francophone Belgium), also known as the Parti Socialiste or PS of Belgium, a French-speaking social democratic political party
• Vooruit, the Flemish social-democratic party in Belgium. It was formerly known as SP, then as SP.a

References

External links

Media related to Parti Socialiste (Belgium) at Wikimedia Commons

1. Socialist Party (Belgium)
2. Vooruit (political party)
3. Left Socialist Party (Belgium)
4. Workers' Party of Belgium
5. Belgian Labour Party
6. List of political parties in Belgium
7. Socialist Party
8. Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1945)
9. Party of European Socialists
10. Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
11. List of prime ministers of Belgium
12. Anticapitalist Left (Belgium)
13. 1946 Belgian general election
14. Political parties in Flanders
15. List of socialist parties
16. 1974 Belgian general election
17. 2010 Belgian federal election
18. General Labour Federation of Belgium
19. Socialist Workers Party
20. Socialist International