People's Party (Belgium)
| People's Party Personenpartij / Parti populaire | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Mischaël Modrikamen |
| Founded | 26 November 2009 |
| Headquarters |
Avenue Molière 144 1050 Brussels |
| Ideology |
Conservative liberalism,[1] Federalism |
| International affiliation | None |
| European affiliation | None |
| Cartel | None |
| Colours | Purple and orange |
| Website | |
| www.partipopulaire.be | |
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Politics of Belgium Political parties Elections | |
The People's Party (French: Parti populaire, Dutch: Personenpartij), abbreviated to PP, is a conservative-liberal[1] political party in Belgium. Primarily a French-speaking party, it considers itself to be to the right of the Reformist Movement, the main centre-right party in Francophone Belgium.
The PP was founded on 26 November 2009 by Rudy Aernoudt and Mischaël Modrikamen, inspired in part by the examples of the People's Party in Spain and the Union for a Popular Movement in France.[2] The PP considers itself to be economically liberal in the European sense of the term. The party's manifesto emphasizes efficiency and disinterestedness in governance, plain speaking, and individual autonomy.[3] The PP aims to reform the justice system and to strengthen the Belgian federal government relative to the regions and communities.
In its first electoral test, the 2010 Belgian general election, the PP won 84,005 votes (1.29% of the national total) and returned Laurent Louis as its first Member of Parliament for Walloon Brabant. The PP list for the Senate, headed by Rudy Aernoudt, took 98,858 votes (1.53% nationally) but failed to return a Senator.
Aernoudt and Modrikamen had a public falling-out in August 2010. Laurent Louis had publicly supported the policy of Nicolas Sarkozy in deporting Roma people from France. These comments provoked the indignation of both Aernoudt and the leaders of the PP's youth wing,[4] but Modrikamen did not join in their call for Louis to apologize, and Aernoudt was expelled from the party. Aernoudt disputed the legality of his expulsion, and also criticized Modrikamen's call for a "Plan B" (an independent Wallonia-Brussels) as a betrayal of the party's federalist identity.[5] Aernoudt also publicly accused Modrikamen of financial misdeeds.[6] The rupture leaves the future of the party uncertain. The People's Party is supportive of Israel as is Geert Wilders in the Netherlands.
Mischael Modrikamen, president of the People's Party, has reiterated after the regional elections in 2012 the interest to offer a partnership with the Flemish party, the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), to transform Belgium into a confederal state in 2014.[citation needed]
Electoral results
Federal Parliament
Chamber of Representatives
| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | % of language group vote |
# of overall seats won | # of language group seats won |
+/- | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 84,005 | 1.3 | 1 / 150 |
1 / 62 |
Senate
| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | % of language group vote |
# of overall seats won | # of language group seats won |
+/- | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 98,858 | 1.5 | 0 / 40 |
0 / 15 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck
- ↑ RTBF (2009-06-11). M. Modrikamen veut lancer un "vrai parti de droite populaire" Accessed on 2010-06-17. (French)
- ↑ Manifest van de Personenpartij / Manifeste du Parti Populaire (Dutch) (French)
- ↑ "Roms : les jeunes PP se distancient des propos de Laurent Louis". Le Soir (in French). 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ↑ "Aernoudt dénonce le " projet séparatiste " du PP". Le Soir (in French). 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ↑ "Le PP poursuit Aernoudt en justice pour faux et calomnie". Le Soir (in French). 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
External links
- (French) Official website
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