Christlich Soziale Partei (Belgium)

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Christian Social Party
Christlich Soziale Partei
AbbreviationCSP
Leader Jérôme Franssen
Founded1971 (1971) [1]
Preceded byNone
Headquartersnational secretariat
Kaperberg 6, Eupen
Ideology Christian democracy [2]
Political position Centre [3] [4] to centre-right [5]
Regional affiliation Christian Group [6]
European Parliament group European People's Party
Flemish counterpart Christian Democratic and Flemish
Colours  Orange
Parliament of the German-speaking Community
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European Parliament (German-speaking seat)
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Benelux Parliament (German-speaking seat)
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Website
www.csp-dg.be

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.

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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 Les Engagés in other elections.

Election results

Parliament of the German-speaking Community

Election year# of votes % of votes# of seats won+/-Notes
1990 13,17833.6 (#1)
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1995 13,30735.9 (#1)
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1999 12,82234.8 (#1)
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2004 11,90532.8 (#1)
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2009 10,12227.0 (#1)
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2014 9,35124.9 (#1)
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2019 9,06923.1 (#2)
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2024 7,92019.78
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European Parliament

ElectionList leaderVotes %Seats+/−EP Group
G.E.C.Overall
1994 Mathieu Grosch 11,99931.29 (#1)0.20
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1999 13,45636.47 (#1)0.22
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2004 15,72242.29 (#1)0.24
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2009 12,47532.25 (#1)0.19
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2014 Pascal Arimont 11,71030.34 (#1)0.18
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2019 14,24734.94 (#1)0.21
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2024 15,16934.93 (#1)0.21
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Members

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References

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