Belgische Unie – Union Belge
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| Leader | Hans Van De Cauter |
| Headquarters | Rue du Merlo 8B B-1180Brussels |
| Ideology | Political unitarism Monarchism |
| International affiliation | International Monarchist Conference |
| Chamber of Representatives | 0 / 150 |
| Senate | 0 / 60 |
| Flemish Parliament | 0 / 124 |
| Brussels Parliament | 0 / 89 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
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Belgische Unie – Union Belge(DutchandFrenchforBelgian Union), known by the acronymBUB,is a smallpolitical partyinBelgium.It describes itself as "The Centrist Party for a United Belgium".[1]As one of the only political parties organised across the entire country, it wishes to abolish thefederalsystem in Belgium and re-establish aunitary statebased on the original nine provinces. The party is explicitly opposed toseparatismand thepartition of Belgium.
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Ideology
[edit]The party promotes reconciliation between Belgium's language groups (the Dutch- and French-speaking communities), promotingmultilingualism,and centralisation by one government and parliament. They propose the abolition of the three Belgian Regions and transfer their powers back to the federal state of Belgium and theprovinces.They are the only party with this outlook, as all other Belgian parties except for theWorkers Party of Belgium(PVDA/PTB), Left Socialist Party, and minor liberal grouping "Vivant" have, together with the creation of the federal states, been split on a language basis.
Representation
[edit]The BUB has no elected seats at any level and operates only on the margins of Belgian politics. The party got 10,000 votes in the 2003 federal elections and 13,000 votes in the 2004 regional elections. The votes were concentrated in the northern provinces, in the central constituencies ofBrabantand Brussels and in 2003 also in the southern province ofNamur.Though the party did not gain any seats in the 2006 communal elections, BUB did far better at the ballots, gaining up to 2% of the vote in some cities. In the federal elections of 10 June 2007, the pro-Belgian party also progressed everywhere it participated but again obtained no seats.
At the 2010 federal elections, the party formed a pro-Belgian cartel with CDF under the name BELG-UNIE and obtained a record result of 20.000 votes in 5 constituencies.[2][3]Since 22 June 2011, the cartel consists of a third pro-Belgian party, the BAB.[4]
The party is headed by a national president (Hans Van de Cauter) and is divided into 9 provincial sections, corresponding with the 9 provinces that existed before the split of the centralprovince of Brabantin 1995.
The party is member ofInternational Monarchist Conference.[5]
References
[edit]- ^"BUB – Home Page".Belgischeunie.be.Retrieved29 April2013.
- ^"DH.be – CDF et BUB se présentent sous le cartel BELG.UNIE".Dhnet.be.Retrieved27 September2012.
- ^"Elections 2010 – Chambre – Résultats des listes Royaume".Elections2010.belgium.be.Retrieved27 September2012.
- ^"Belg-Unie | Declaration Commune – Gemeenschappelijke Verklaring Van B.U.B. & Cdf & Bab".Belg-unie.be. Archived fromthe originalon 15 June 2012.Retrieved27 September2012.
- ^"Monarchist Conference – Members".Internationale.monarchiste.com. 13 September 2011.Retrieved27 September2012.
External links
[edit]- Official web site:http://www.belgischeunie.beorhttp://www.unionbelge.be.
