Christlich Soziale Partei (Belgium)

The Christian Social Party (German: Christlich-Soziale Partei, CSP) is a Christian-democratic[3] political party operating in the German-speaking Community of Belgium. Its president is Luc Frank.

Not to be confused with the defunct Christian Social Party (Belgium) 1945–1968
Christlich Soziale Partei
LeaderLuc Frank
Founded1971 (1971)[1]
Preceded byNone
Headquartersnational secretariat
Kaperberg 6, Eupen
IdeologyChristian democracy[2]
Political positionCentre[3][4]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party
Walloon counterpartHumanist Democratic Centre
Flemish counterpartChristian Democratic and Flemish
Colours     Orange
Parliament of the German-speaking Community
6 / 25
European Parliament (German-speaking seats)
1 / 1
Website
www.csp-dg.be

In the 2004 European Parliament election, standing as Christlich-Soziale Partei - Europäische Volkspartei, the party gained the single seat allocated by Belgian law to the German-speaking community. The party has maintained this seat since then. The CSP works with its Francophone counterpart Humanist Democratic Centre in other elections.

Election results

Parliament of the German-speaking Community
Election year # of votes % of votes # of seats won +/- Notes
1990 13,178 33.6 (#1)
8 / 25
1995 13,307 35.9 (#1)
10 / 25
 2
1999 12,822 34.8 (#1)
9 / 25
 1
2004 11,905 32.8 (#1)
8 / 25
 1
2009 10,122 27.0 (#1)
7 / 25
 1
2014 9,351 24.9 (#1)
7 / 25
 0
2019 9,069 23.1 (#2)
6 / 25
 1

European Parliament
Election year # of overall votes % of overall vote % of electoral
college vote		 # of overall seats won # of electoral
college seats won		 +/- Notes
1994 11,999 31.3 (#1)
1 / 25
1 / 1
1999 13,456 36.5 (#1)
1 / 25
1 / 1
 0
2004 15,722 42.5 (#1)
1 / 24
1 / 1
 0
2009 12,475 32.3 (#1)
1 / 22
1 / 1
 0
2014 11,710 30.34 (#1)
1 / 21
1 / 1
 0
2019 14,247 34.94 (#1)
1 / 21
1 / 1
 0

Members
  • Logo before 2014. Orange is the traditional Christian democratic colour in Belgium.
  • Logo since 2014. Note the addition of the lion, symbolizing Belgium's German-speaking Community.
gollark: (yes, this is an awful picture, blame my phone)
gollark: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/496350845609181185/565270068254998528/IMG_20190409_212056.jpgI had a spare Raspberry Pi and small HDMI screen. With a lot of fiddling around, it now displays a bunch of RSS feeds so I can read about how horribly Brexit is going in real time.
gollark: Probably depends on what level of schooling it is.
gollark: Lessons at school.
gollark: It's also open-source and moddable with Lua.

References
  1. Csp-dg.be: Geschichte der Christlich Sozialen Partei Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "German-speaking Community/Belgium". Parties and Elections in Europe.
  3. "Christian Social Party". The Democratic Society. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. Eanfar, Ferris; et al. Belgium's Political Economy (PDF).
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