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Socialist Party (Belgium)

Socialist Party
French: Parti Socialiste
German: Sozialistische Partei
President Elio Di Rupo
Founded 1978
Preceded by Belgian Socialist Party
Headquarters National Secretariat
Bd de l'Empereur/Keizerslaan 13, Brussels
Think tank Institut Emile Vandervelde
Youth wing Movement of Young Socialists
Ideology Social democracy
Political position Centre-left
European affiliation Party of European Socialists
International affiliation Progressive Alliance,
Socialist International
European Parliament group Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Flemish counterpart Socialist Party Differently
Colours      Red
Chamber of Representatives
(French-speaking seats)
23 / 63
Senate
(French-speaking seats)
9 / 24
Walloon Parliament
30 / 75
Parliament of the French Community
33 / 94
Brussels Parliament
(French-speaking seats)
21 / 72
European Parliament
(French-speaking seats)
3 / 8
Website
www.ps.be

The Socialist Party (French: Parti Socialiste, PS) is a social-democraticFrench-speaking political party in Belgium. As of the 2014 elections, it is the second largest party in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and the largest Francophone party. The party is led by Elio Di Rupo, who was Prime Minister of Belgium from 6 December 2011 until 11 Oktober 2014. The party supplies the Minister-president of the Walloon Region (Paul Magnette), the French Community (Rudy Demotte), and the Brussels-Capital Region (Rudi Vervoort). In the German-speaking community, the party is known as the Sozialistische Partei (SP).

The PS is very commonly part of governing coalitions, and dominates most local authorities because of the extremely fragmented nature of Belgian political institutions, particularly in Francophone areas. In the years since 1999, the PS has simultaneously controlled five regional executive bodies: the Government of the French Community, the Walloon Government, the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the COCOF, a local subsidiary in Brussels of the French Community Government, and the Government of the German-speaking Community.


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