Back Partíu del Trabayu de Bélxica AST Strollad Labour Belgia BR Partit dels Treballadors de Bèlgica Catalan Dělnická strana Belgie Czech Partij van de Arbeid van België (1979) Danish Partei der Arbeit Belgiens German Partio de Laboro de Belgio EO Partido del Trabajo de Bélgica Spanish Parti du travail de Belgique French Partito del Lavoro del Belgio Italian
Workers' Party of Belgium Partij van de Arbeid van België Parti du travail de Belgique Partei der Arbeit Belgiens | |
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| Abbreviation |
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| President | Raoul Hedebouw |
| Vice President | David Pestieau |
| National Secretary | Peter Mertens |
| Founder | Ludo Martens |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Preceded by | All Power To The Workers |
| Headquarters | Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier / Maurice Lemonnierlaan 171 1000, Brussels |
| Newspaper | Solidaire / Solidair |
| Student wing | Comac |
| Youth wing | RedFox[1] |
| Women's wing | Zelle |
| Membership (2023) |  26,000[2] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| European Parliament group | The Left |
| International affiliation | IMCWP |
| Colours | Red Dark red (customary) |
| Chamber of Representatives | 15 / 150 |
| Senate | 5 / 60 |
| Flemish Parliament | 4 / 124 |
| Walloon Parliament | 10 / 75 |
| Brussels Parliament | 11 / 89 |
| Parliament of the French Community | 13 / 94 |
| European Parliament | 2 / 22 |
| Benelux Parliament | 2 / 21 |
| Website | |
The Workers' Party of Belgium (French: Parti du travail de Belgique, pronounced [paʁti dy tʁavaj də bɛlʒik], PTB; Dutch: Partij van de Arbeid van België, pronounced [pɑrˈtɛi vɑn də ˈʔɑrbɛit vɑm ˈbɛlɣijə], PVDA; lit. 'Labour Party of Belgium') is a Marxist[3][4] and socialist[5][6][7] political party in Belgium. It is the only Belgian party represented in parliament that is a fully national party, representing both Flanders and Wallonia. Having historically been a small party, the PTB-PVDA has gained momentum since the 2010s, continuously scoring better at the elections, particularly in Wallonia and working-class communities in Brussels.[8][9][10] It has 5 MEPs that sit in The Left group[11] alongside other socialist parties.
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