Parti Social Chrétien (Belgium)
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Humanist Democratic Centre
Centre démocrate humaniste |
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| President | Benoît Lutgen |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Preceded by | Christian Social Party |
| Headquarters | National secretariat Rue des Deux Églises, Brussels |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Christian humanism Centrism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-left |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Flemish counterpart | Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) |
| Colours | Brown, Orange |
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Chamber of Representatives (French-speaking seats) |
9 / 63
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Senate (French-speaking seats) |
4 / 24
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| Walloon Parliament |
13 / 75
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| Parliament of the French Community |
16 / 94
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Brussels Parliament (French-speaking seats) |
8 / 72
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European Parliament (French-speaking seats) |
1 / 8
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| Website | |
| www.lecdh.be | |
The Humanist Democratic Centre (French: Centre démocrate humaniste, cdH) is a Christian democraticFrench-speaking political party in Belgium. Until 2002, the party was known as the Christian Social Party (French: Parti Social Chrétien, PSC). The cdH currently participates in the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, the Government of the French Community the Walloon Government, but no longer, following the May 2014 national elections, the Belgian federal government.
The PSC was officially founded in 1972. The foundation was the result of the split of the unitary Christian Social Party–Christian People's Party (PSC-CVP) into the Dutch-speaking Christian People's Party (CVP) and the French-speaking Christian Social Party (PSC), following the increased linguistic tensions after the crisis at the University of Leuven in 1968. The PSC performed particularly badly in the 1999 general election. This was linked to several scandals, such as the escape of Marc Dutroux and the discovery of dioxine in chickens (the PSC was a coalition partner in the Dehaene government). The decline in votes was also explained by declining adherence to Catholicism. The party was confined to opposition on all levels of government.
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