Walloon Front

The Walloon Front for the Unity and Freedom of Wallonia (French: Front Wallon pour l'Unité et la Liberté de la Wallonie, FW) was a political party in Belgium.

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History

The FW was established by former Belgian Socialist Party member Robert Moreau on 19 January 1964.[1] In the 1965 general elections the party received 0.5% of the vote and won a single seat in the Chamber of Representatives.[2] On 26 June 1965 it merged with the Walloon Workers' Party, the Walloon Democratic Rally and the Wallon Democratic Front to form the Walloon Party, the forerunner to the Walloon Rally.[3]

In 2013 a new Walloon Front party was established to participate in the 2014 elections.[4]

References

Walloon Front for the Unity and Freedom of Wallonia (FW) Europe Politics (in French)
Results Belgian Elections (in Dutch)
Walloon Rally Europe Politics
Creation of a new Walloon Front for the elections of 2014 RésistanceS, 28 October 2013

Political parties in Belgium

Flemish parties

Major	New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) (25) Flemish Interest (VB) (18) Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) (12) Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld) (12) Socialist Party Different (sp.a) (9) Green (Groen) (8)
Minor	Libertarian, Direct, Democratic (LDD)

Francophone parties

Major	Socialist Party (PS) (20) Reformist Movement (MR) (14) Ecolo (13) Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH) (5) DéFI (2)
Minor	Nation People's Party (PP) Rally Wallonia France Walloon Rally (RW)

Unitary

Major	Workers' Party (PVDA/PTB) (12)
Minor	Belgian Union (BUB) Left Socialist Party (LSP/PSL) Pirate Party Vivant Volt Europa Communist Party

German-speaking

Former notable

Catholic Party → Christian Social Party (CVP/PSC) (1869–1968)
Labour Party (BWP/POB) → Socialist Party (SP/PS) (1885–1978)
Liberal Party → Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV/PLP) (1846–1992)

Communist Party (1921/1989–2009)
Flemish National Union (VNV) (1933–1944)
Front Party (1919–1933)
National Front (1985–2012)
People's Union (1954–2001)
Rexist Party (1930–1945)
Social Liberal Party (SLP/Spirit) (2001–2009)

The numbers are seats in the Chamber of Representatives (150)

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