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Sp.a

Socialist Party Differently
Socialistische Partij Anders
President John Crombez
Founded 1978
Preceded by Belgian Socialist Party
Headquarters national secretariat
Grasmarkt 105/37 Brussels
Youth wing Young Socialists
Membership  (2014) Decrease 49,703
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
Francophone counterpart Socialist Party
Colours      Red
Chamber of Representatives
(Flemish seats)
13 / 87
Senate
(Flemish seats)
5 / 35
Flemish Parliament
18 / 124
Brussels Parliament
(Flemish seats)
3 / 17
European Parliament
(Flemish seats)
1 / 12
Flemish Provincial Councils
51 / 351
Website
www.s-p-a.be

Socialist Party Differently (About this sound Socialistische Partij Anders,sp.a) is a social-democraticFlemish political party in Belgium. The party, formerly known as the Belgische Socialistische Partij (BSP) 1978–80 and the Socialistische Partij (SP) 1980–2001, had branched off from the Belgian Socialist Party in 1978; the Belgian Socialist Party was itself formed by former members of the Belgian Labour Party. From December 2011 to September 2014, sp.a was part of the Di Rupo Government, along with its Francophone counterpart Socialist Party (PS). Sp.a has been several times part of the Flemish Government.

The party was the big winner in the 2003 election, running on the SP.A-Spirit joint list (cartel) with the social-liberal party Spirit. Their share of the vote went up from 9% (of the total Belgian vote) to almost 15%, a second place in the number of votes. The main victim of this resurgence was the Green! party (formerly known as Agalev). The sp.a was part of the "purple" federal coalitions of Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt from 12 July 1999 until 10 June 2007, which contained both the Flemish and Francophone liberal and social-democratic parties.


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