{"id":5326,"date":"2023-09-29T11:56:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T09:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2024.electionseuropeennes.eu\/belgique\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T12:28:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T10:28:33","slug":"belgium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.electionseuropeennes.eu\/en\/belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Belgium<\/h1>\n

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Results of the 2024 European elections<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

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Political Party<\/th>European affiliation<\/th>Number of votes<\/th>Percentage of votes<\/th>Number of seats<\/th>Trend compared to 2019<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Coll\u00e8ge n\u00e9erlandophone<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vlaams Belang (VB)<\/td>ID<\/td>1 034 112<\/td>22.94%<\/td>3<\/td>=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA)<\/td>ECR<\/td>995 868<\/td>22.09%<\/td>3<\/td>=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V)<\/td>EPP<\/td>594 968<\/td>13.2%<\/td>2<\/td>=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vooruit<\/td>S&D<\/td>570 067<\/td>12.64%<\/td>2<\/td>\u2191 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Groen<\/td>Greens\/EFA<\/td>450 781<\/td>10%<\/td>1<\/td>=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Open VLD<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>410 743<\/td>9.11%<\/td>1<\/td>\u2193 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Partij van de Arbeid van Belgi\u00eb (PVDA)<\/td>GUE\/NGL<\/td>366.285<\/td>8.12%<\/td>1<\/td>\u2191 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coll\u00e8ge francophone<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mouvement r\u00e9formateur (MR)<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>900 413<\/td>34.88%<\/td>3<\/td>\u2191 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parti socialiste (PS)<\/td>S&D<\/td>529.697<\/td>20.52%<\/td>2<\/td>=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parti du travail de Belgique (PTB)<\/td>GUE\/NGL<\/td>397 055<\/td>15.38%<\/td>1<\/td>=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Les Engag\u00e9s<\/td>EPP<\/td>368.668<\/td>14.28%<\/td>1<\/td>=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00c9cologistes conf\u00e9d\u00e9r\u00e9s pour l'organisation de luttes originales (Ecolo)<\/td>Greens\/EFA<\/td>485.655<\/td>10.06%<\/td>1<\/td>\u2193 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coll\u00e8ge germanophone<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christlich Soziale Partei (CSP)<\/td>EPP<\/td>15.169<\/td>34.93%<\/td>1<\/td>=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/a><\/p>\n

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List of Belgian MEPs<\/h2>\n
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MEP<\/th>Gender<\/th>National party<\/th>Political group in the European Parliament<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Gerolf Annemans<\/td>m<\/td>Vlaams Belang (VB)<\/td>PFE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barbara Bonte
\n<\/td>		f<\/td>VB<\/td>PFE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Vandendriessche<\/td>m<\/td>VB<\/td>PFE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assita Kanko<\/td>f<\/td>Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA)<\/td>ECR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johan Van Overtveldt<\/td>m<\/td>N-VA<\/td>ECR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kris Van Dijck
\n<\/td>		m<\/td>N-VA<\/td>ECR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benoit Cassart<\/td>m<\/td>Mouvement r\u00e9formateur (MR)<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Olivier Chastel<\/td>m<\/td>MR<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sophie Wilm\u00e8s<\/td>f<\/td>MR<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marc Botenga<\/td>m<\/td>Parti du travail de Belgique (PTB)<\/td>GUE\/NGL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rudi Kennes<\/td>m<\/td>Partij van de Arbeid van Belgi\u00eb (PVDA)<\/td>GUE\/NGL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wouter Beke<\/td>m<\/td>Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V)<\/td>EPP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liesbet Sommen<\/td>f<\/td>CD&V<\/td>EPP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pascal Arimont<\/td>m<\/td>CD&V<\/td>EPP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bruno Tobback<\/td>m<\/td>Vooruit<\/td>S&D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kathleen Van Brempt<\/td>f<\/td>Vooruit<\/td>S&D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estelle Ceulemans<\/td>f<\/td>Parti socialiste (PS)<\/td>S&D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elio Di Rupo
\n<\/td>		m<\/td>PS<\/td>S&D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sara Matthieu<\/td>f<\/td>Groen<\/td>Verts\/ALE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hilde Vautmans<\/td>f<\/td>Open VLD<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yvan Verougstraete<\/td>m<\/td>Les Engag\u00e9s\/ CSP<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saskia Bricmont<\/td>f<\/td>\u00c9cologistes conf\u00e9d\u00e9r\u00e9s pour l'organisation de luttes originales (Ecolo)<\/td>Verts\/ALE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Results of the 2019 European elections<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

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Political parties<\/th>European affiliation<\/th>Number of votes<\/th>Percentage of votes<\/th>Number of seats<\/th>Trend compared with 2014<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Dutch Speaking College : <\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)<\/td>ECR<\/td>954 048<\/td>22.44%<\/td>3<\/td>\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flemish Interest (VB)<\/td>Identity and democracy<\/td>811 169<\/td>19.08%<\/td>3<\/td>\u2191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats - VLD<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>678 051<\/td>15.95%<\/td>2<\/td>\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Social Christian Party <\/td>EPP<\/td>617 651<\/td>14.53%\t<\/td>2<\/td>\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greens<\/td>Greens\/EFA<\/td>525 908<\/td>12.37%<\/td>1<\/td>\u2191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Socialist Party Differently (SP.A)<\/td>S&D<\/td>434 002<\/td>10.21%<\/td>1<\/td>\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belgian Labour Party<\/td>GUE\/NGL<\/td>210 391<\/td>4.95%\t<\/td>0<\/td>\u2191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Volt Belgium<\/td><\/td>20 385<\/td>0.48%\t<\/td>0<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
French Speaking College :<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Socialist Party (SP)<\/td>S&D<\/td>651 157\t<\/td>26.69%<\/td>2<\/td>\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Confederate Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Battles
\nECOLO<\/td>		Greens\/EFA<\/td>485 655\t<\/td>19.91%<\/td>2<\/td>\u2191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reform Movement (MR)<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>470 654\t<\/td>19.29%\t<\/td>2<\/td>\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Workers' Party of Belgium<\/td>GUE\/NGL<\/td>355 883\t<\/td>14.59%<\/td>1<\/td>\u2191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Democratic Humanist Centre (CDH)<\/td>EPP<\/td>218 078<\/td>8.94%<\/td>1<\/td>\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEFI (Democratic, Federalist, Independent)<\/td><\/td>144 555<\/td>5.92%<\/td>0<\/td>\u2191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
People's Party (PP)<\/td><\/td>113 793<\/td>4.66%\t<\/td>0<\/td>\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
German Speaking College : <\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christian Social Party (CSP)<\/td>EPP<\/td>14 247\t<\/td>34.90%<\/td>1<\/td>\u2191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Confederate Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Battles
\nECOLO<\/td>		<\/td>6 675<\/td>16.40%<\/td>0<\/td>\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pro German Speaking Community<\/td><\/td>5 360<\/td>13.10%<\/td>0<\/td>\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/a><\/p>\n

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Electoral Procedures<\/h2>\n

><\/span> Election Dates :<\/strong> 9 June 2024
\n><\/span> Number of MEPs:<\/strong> 22
\n><\/span> At what age can one vote?<\/strong> 16 years
\n><\/span> At what age can one be elected?<\/strong> 18 years
\n><\/span> Who can vote?<\/strong>\u00a0European or Belgian citizens living in Belgium.<\/p>\n

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Electoral rules<\/h2>\n

><\/span> Voting method :<\/strong>\u00a0Proportional representation (open list, possibility of mixing)
\n><\/span> Means for attributing seats<\/strong>\u00a0D\u2019Hondt Method
\n><\/span> Can candidates be chosen from a list?<\/strong>\u00a0Oui
\n><\/span> Number of constituencies:<\/strong>\u00a03
\n><\/span> Number MEPs per constituency :<\/strong> French speaking electoral college (8) ; German speaking electoral college (1) ; Dutch speaking electoral college (13)<\/p>\n

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Institutions and political situation<\/h2>\n

Constitutional Monarchy, democracy
\n\u2013\u00a0Head of State :<\/strong>\u00a0King Philippe
\n\u2013\u00a0Prime Minister :<\/strong> Alexander de Croo<\/p>\n

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Economy<\/h2>\n

><\/span> Currency :<\/strong>\u00a0Euro
\n><\/span> GDP :<\/strong> 549 456 millions \u20ac (2022)
\n><\/span> GDP per capita (PPS) :<\/strong> 36 860 \u20ac (2022)
\n><\/span> GDP Growth :<\/strong> 0.2% (Q2 2023)
\n><\/span> Unemployment:<\/strong> 5,5% (September 2023)
\n><\/span> Inflation :<\/strong> 2,3% (September 2023)
\n><\/span> Public Debt:<\/strong> 106% of the GDP (2023)
\n><\/span> Public deficit :<\/strong> -2.9% of the GDP (2022)<\/p>\n

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Geography and population<\/h2>\n

\u2013\u00a0Surface Area :<\/strong>\u00a030,528km\u00b2 (source : The CIA World Factbook)
\n\u2013 11.7 million inhabitants (2023)<\/p>\n

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