Workers' Party of Belgium Partij van de Arbeid van België Parti du Travail de Belgique Partei der Arbeit Belgiens | |
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Abbreviation |
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President | Raoul Hedebouw |
Vice President | David Pestieau |
National Secretary | Peter Mertens |
Founder | Ludo Martens |
Founded | 1979 |
Preceded by | All Power To The Workers |
Headquarters | Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier / Maurice Lemonnierlaan 171 1000, Brussels |
Newspaper | Solidaire / Solidair |
Student wing | Comac |
Youth wing | RedFox[1] |
Women's wing | Zelle |
Membership (2023) | 26,000[2] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Left-wing[8][9][10] to far-left[11][12] |
International affiliation | IMCWP |
European Parliament group | The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL[13] |
Colours | Red Dark red (customary) |
Chamber of Representatives | 12 / 150 |
Senate | 5 / 60 |
Flemish Parliament | 4 / 124 |
Walloon Parliament | 10 / 75 |
Brussels Parliament | 11 / 89 |
Parliament of the French Community | 13 / 94 |
European Parliament | 1 / 21 |
Benelux Parliament | 2 / 21 |
Website | |
The Workers' Party of Belgium (French: Parti du Travail de Belgique, PTB; Dutch: Partij van de Arbeid van België, PVDA; lit. 'Labour Party of Belgium') is a Marxist and socialist political party in Belgium. It and the Greens (Ecolo) are the only Belgian parties represented in parliament that are fully national parties, representing both Flanders and Wallonia. Having historically been a small party, the PTB-PVDA has gained momentum since the 2010s, continuously scoring better at the elections, particularly in Wallonia and working-class communities in Brussels.[14][15][16]
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The election's other big winner in the Belgian capital was the leftwing Workers Party (PTB/PvdA), especially in the city's former industrial districts.
Among the new hopefuls for its 21 seats in the European Parliament is Marc Botenga, a Walloon from the far left Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB).
The far-left Workers' Party is set to win big across the country too, winning around 8 percent of votes nationally.
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