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
Leader	Luc Frank
Founded	1971 (1971)[1]
Preceded by	None
Headquarters	national secretariat Kaperberg 6, Eupen
Ideology	Christian democracy[2]
Political position	Centre[3][4]
European affiliation	European People's Party
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
European Parliament group	European People's Party
Walloon counterpart	Humanist Democratic Centre
Flemish counterpart	Christian 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
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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

• Robert J. Houben (1905–1992)

Party logo

• 
  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.

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).

External links

• Official site