Team Fouad Ahidar

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Team Fouad Ahidar
AbbreviationTFA
Leader Fouad Ahidar
Founded9 February 2024;10 months ago (2024-02-09)
Split from Vooruit
HeadquartersLombardstraat 69, 1000 Brussels
Ideology Muslim interests
Multiculturalism
Anti-Zionism
Political position Centre-left
European affiliation Free Palestine Party
Colours  Purple
Chamber of Representatives
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Senate
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Flemish Parliament
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Walloon Parliament
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Brussels Parliament
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Flemish seats
Parliament of the French Community
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European Parliament
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Benelux Parliament
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Election symbol
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Website
fouadahidar.com

The Team Fouad Ahidar (TFA) is a Belgian political party. Founded in 2024 as minority-interests party, it is named after its founder, Fouad Ahidar.

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Establishment

Fouad Ahidar was elected as a Brussels MP in 2004 for sp.a, later known as Vooruit. He held a leading position in the party and was party leader. After Vooruit party chairman Conner Rousseau was charged with making racist statements, [1] Ahidar resigned from the party in December 2023. [2] In February 2024, he announced that he would present his own list in the Dutch-speaking electoral college in Brussels for the 2024 regional elections. [3]

Despite being nominally a bilingual and cross-community party, Team Fouad Ahidar presented candidates in only the Dutch-speaking electoral college in Brussels and for the Flemish parliament.

2024 elections

In the elections for the Brussels Parliament on June 9, 2024, the party obtained 16.47% of the votes and three seats with Fouad Ahidar, Najima El Arbaoui  [ nl ] and Ilyas El Omari (1989)  [ nl ] in the Dutch language group. This made Team Fouad Ahidar the second largest faction on the Dutch-speaking side, after Groen. In addition, the party obtained 17.97% and one of the six seats with M'Hamed Kasmi  [ nl ] in the electoral area of the Brussels members of the Flemish Parliament.

After the election, Vooruit MP Hannelore Goeman  [ nl ] claimed that the party's success was based on "fake news and lies". [4] The Reformist Movement and DéFI both stated they would not form a Brussels government with Team Fouad Ahidar, effectively relegating the party to opposition. [5]

Controversy

Party founder Ahidar described the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel as "a minor reaction by part of Hamas". [6]

Election results

Chamber of Representatives

ElectionLeaderVotes %Seats+/-Government
2024 Fouad Ahidar24,8260.36
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Regional

Brussels Parliament

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2024 (Dutch language group)Fouad Ahidar13,24216.47
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Flemish Parliament

ElectionLeaderVotes %Seats+/-Government
2024 Fouad Ahidar14,1870.32
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