Socialist movement (Belgium) – Wikipedia

The Socialist movement (MS), formerly Socialist movement, Walloon citizen (MS-CW), is an officially Belgian political party created the November 17, 2002 by dissidents of the Socialist Party who had presented lists under various denominations during the municipal elections of 2000.

The May 7, 2012 , its two leaders announce the rallying of the MS to the new left movement created a month earlier by the Walloon ex-Ecolo deputy Bernard Wesphael ^{[ first ]} . The latter envisages in September 2013 To leave the party which he himself set up precisely because of “the forced entrism of former socialists (excluded from the PS, dissidents) who intend to make MG a PS-Bis in terms of method” ^{[ 2 ]} .

The socialist movement was born from the meeting of several dissident training courses in the Socialist Party (Belgium) (PS) which presented lists during the municipal elections of 2000: the socialist citizen alternative of Flémalle, led by Marcel Cools, the Union Binche, guided by the former bourgmestre André Navez.

These lists have been joined by women and men from many other municipalities in Wallonia and Brussels. These lists have federated to constitute the socialist movement, as we know it to date.

The goal of the socialist movement is to be a real left party. According to the MS: “The PS is closer to the center than the left! »»

The MS pleads in particular for a profound transformation of justice, a citizen democracy, a social security for all and a global tax reform ^{[ 3 ]} .

The May 18, 2009 , the president of the MS, Francis Biesmans, participates in the electoral debate of the small parties in the program “Development” of the RTBF. The socialist movement thus accesses the national press ^{[ 4 ]} . For Francis Biesmans: “The MS is the antithesis of the PS!” ^{[ 5 ]}

The MS is positioned on the left of the PS. “There is a centrist drift to the PS, present in the various governments since 1988. An alternative is necessary”, dixit Francis Biesmans ^{[ 6 ]} .

The MS is present on the political scene as such since the 2003 legislative elections.

2000 municipal elections (Walloon Region) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Of the few municipalities, several lists are made up of apart members of the PS.

In Flémalle, the Alternative Socialist Citizen Flémalle list obtains 20% of the votes and 6 elected officials at the municipal council ^{[ 7 ]} .

2003 legislative elections (House of Representatives) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The MS obtained 0.12% of the votes, or 8,116 votes.

2004 regional elections (Walloon Parliament) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The MS-CW obtained the scoring of 0.12%, or 2,458 votes.

Municipal and provincial elections 2006 [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

For the province of Namur, the MS-CW list collects 0.14% of the vote and the MS obtained 0.21% ^{[ 8 ]} .

At the municipal level, most MS lists (including under other labels) do not obtain any elected official, but candidates of the MS are also on several lists of the MR or the CDH, so in Waremme, Fattah El-Hani, Outgoing ex-PS advisor, is re-elected on the CDH list, to the city of Brussels the same for the aldermen ex-PS Jean-Baptiste de Cree and Carine Vyghen on a list mainly Mr, Brussels renewal . In Saint-Nicolas (Liège), a list of cartel together even brings together Mr, CDH and MS. Others, such as Jean-Pierre Brouhon, Ecolo-related alderman and then member MS “privately” in Ixelles, take lists without label ^{[ 9 ] , [ ten ]} .

2007 legislative elections (House of Representatives) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

2009 regional elections (Walloon Parliament) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The MS obtained the score of 0.32% of the votes. He is the fifth party in the constituency of Thuin with 3.58% of the votes, in particular thanks to Jean-Paul Pourtois and Andrez Navez.

In the canton of Huy, he is the sixth party with 2.93% of the votes, in particular thanks to the head of the list Michel Lizin, the husband of Anne-Marie Lizin, the former mayor of Huy ^{[ 5 ]} .

2009 European elections (French -speaking electoral college) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The MS obtained the score of 0.20% of the votes, or 4,939 votes.

2010 legislative elections (House of Representatives) [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The MS+ lists obtained a total of 2,827 votes ^{[ 11 ]} , including 1,031 (0.14%) in Hainaut ^{[ twelfth ]} , 1,293 (0.21%) in the province of Liège ^{[ 13 ]} 368 (0,13%) en Province of Namur ^{[ 14 ]} it 50 (0.08%) a Processator du Luxembourg ^{[ 15 ]} .

2012 municipal and provincial elections [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Regional, federal and European elections 2014 [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Responsible [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Francis Biesmans: President of the socialist movement.

Daniel Laurent: Manager of MS in the Huy-Waremme district.

Philippe DELFORGE: MS manager in the Namur district.

Presence on an MS list [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Michel Lizin: MS list in the 2009 regional elections in Huy-Waremme ^{[ 16 ]} .

Jean-Pierre MOLLE ^{[ 17 ]} : MS candidate in the European elections, former alderman in Florennes.

Eric Collin: First deputy on the MS list in the regional elections in Dinant-Philippeville, former alderman in Couvin.

Some elected officials in the municipalities [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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