ProDG (Belgium)
ProDG Pro Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft | |
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Leader | [1] |
Founded | 2008 |
Preceded by | PDB-PJU and PDB |
Headquarters | Kaperberg 6, 4700 Eupen |
Ideology | Christian democracy[2] Regionalism[2][3] |
Political position | Centre to centre-right |
European affiliation | FUEN[4] |
Parliament of the German-speaking Community | 6 / 25 |
European Parliament (German-speaking seats) | 0 / 1 |
Website | |
www | |
ProDG (German: Pro Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, lit. 'Pro German-speaking Community'), is a regionalist,[2][3] Christian-democratic[2] political party active in the German-speaking Community of Belgium. The party brings together politicians from the previous Party of German-speaking Belgians (PDB) and PJU parties. The party was formed in 2008 and first featured on the electoral ballot in 2009. Following the 2009 regional election, the party won four out of 25 seats in the Parliament and participated in the regional Government of the German-speaking Community of Belgium with two ministers.[5] In the 2014 regional election, the party won six seats and its leader Oliver Paasch became the new minister-president.[6]
The party was formerly a member of the European Free Alliance.[7]
Election results[]
German-speaking Community Parliament[]
Election year | # of votes | % of votes | # of seats won | +/- | Notes |
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2009 | 6,553 | 17.5 (#4) | 4 / 25
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In a government coalition with SP & PFF | |
2014 | 8,352 | 22.2 (#2) | 6 / 25
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2 | In a government coalition with SP & PFF |
2019 | 9,146 | 23.3 (#1) | 6 / 25
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0 | In a government coalition with SP & PFF |
European Parliament[]
Results for the German-speaking electoral college.
Election year | # of overall votes | % of electoral college vote |
# of electoral college seats won |
+/- | Notes |
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2009 | 3,897 | 10.1 (#5) | 0 / 1
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0 | |
2014 | 5,106 | 13.2 (#5) | 0 / 1
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0 | |
2019 | 5,360 | 13.2 (#3) | 0 / 1
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0 |
References[]
- ^ Prodg.be: Menschen bei ProDG
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "German-speaking Community/Belgium". Parties and Elections in Europe.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Régis Dandoy; Arjan Schakel (19 November 2013). Regional and National Elections in Western Europe: Territoriality of the Vote in Thirteen Countries. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-1-137-02544-9.
- ^ FUEN Members: Regionalpartei ProDG.
- ^ flandersnews.be June 12, 2009, Coalition accord in German-speaking Belgium Archived June 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Paasch nieuwe minister-president van Duitstalige regering
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-05-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Official home page (in German)
- Political parties established in 2008
- Politics of Europe
- Political parties in the German-speaking Community of Belgium
- 2008 establishments in Belgium
- Western European political party stubs
- Belgium politics stubs