Belgian Politics & Elections: Federal, regional & EP elections on June 9, 2024

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Well, we now know that grand coalitions are killer for any political movement. Of course Lenin and Marx understood this, which is why they kept political independence and ran a lengthy propaganda campaign during the First International and early 1900s against reformists and other tendencies.

PTB-PVDA is perhaps the only movement in the western world to actually follow through with this and maintain relevance by staying the course and being attuned to reality.

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I don't even know what to say anymore.

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I don't even know what to say anymore.

"I don't support an Islami-fascist regime just because I'm a wannabe edgelord third worldist" should be enough.

But this is by Flemish En Marche cosplayers. How does that make sense?

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I don't even know what to say anymore.

"I don't support an Islami-fascist regime just because I'm a wannabe edgelord third worldist" should be enough.

But this is by Flemish En Marche cosplayers. How does that make sense?

I'm saying you should disown your insane ideology my dude

I am neither of these descriptors, certainly not compared to Vooirut.

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Does any political party in Belgium stand for Iranian women and respect their freedom at this point?

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I might as well post this now.

I really don’t believe PVDA/PTB has the GOTV machinery or polling strength to go further than 16-17 seats. A swelling of membership into the party to account for this has not happened to my knowledge and neither have news of its mass organizations doing particularly well. I harken back to Zinnella’s post that there could be massive inflation of junk polls by newspapers to get sales and sabotage PTB/PVDA as a whole through a concerted media psyop to waste resources on grounds that are not efficient to bear fruit. The party will gain seats and we got a year left but, like the Danish and Argentine GE polls, the polls are junk.

Further reinforcing this is a possibility of soft PTB/PVDA voters rescuing PS or whomever in grand tactical voting once pressed and the risk that there comes another populist goody package by PS or Vooruit’s apparatuses to placate voters.

By all accounts PTB/PVDA have played the cards they got better than the rest of the field and will gain seats, but not likely by 18 seats or any insane number after that.

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Thierry Baudet has announced that Forum for Democracy will take part in the European Parliament election not only in the Netherlands, but also in Belgium. With a 5% threshold in Belgium they won't win a seat, but they could cost VB their fourth one. FVD claim they differentiate themselves from VB by focusing on abolishment (not reform) of the EU, on COVID restrictions, on Central Bank Digital Currency, on opposing NATO and "American imperialism", and on building a network within society. They compare VB to the Dutch PVV. And they announced they will organize rallies in Antwerp, Brussels, Leuven and Luik.

I wonder whether Dries Van Langenhove could be FVD's leading candidate in Flanders.

https://twitter.com/PALNWS/status/1717879639731765507?s=20

Amazing it took this long for there to be parties running in both major Dutch regions

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Belgium being no more would be the worst idea of the 21st century. A split into two ostensibly poorer states having to deal with border conflicts and partitioning Brussels would be a disaster. Such a split would divide communities, families, and persons into designated categories with no basis to exist.

Only fools would allow such a travesty to happen.

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I don't mind them splitting the vote of the right wing in Wallonia tbh.

You should, as increased turnout means that PTB-PVDA wins less seats.

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I don't mind them splitting the vote of the right wing in Wallonia tbh.

You should, as increased turnout means that PTB-PVDA wins less seats.

Turnout isn't as big a factor in Belgian elections

Any factor is big enough to get noticed.