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Workers' Party of Belgium

Not to be confused with Partij van de Arbeid, a Dutch social democratic party with the same abbrevation in Dutch.
Workers' Party of Belgium
Partij van de Arbeid van België
Parti du travail de Belgique
Partei der Arbeit Belgiens
Abbreviation
  • PTB
  • PVDA
  • PAB
PresidentRaoul Hedebouw
Vice PresidentDavid Pestieau
National SecretaryPeter Mertens
FounderLudo Martens
Founded1979 (1979)
Preceded byAll Power To The Workers
HeadquartersBoulevard Maurice Lemonnier / Maurice Lemonnierlaan 171
1000, Brussels
NewspaperSolidaire / Solidair
Student wingComac
Youth wingRedFox[1]
Women's wingZelle
Membership (2023)Increase 26,000[2]
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing[8] to far-left[12]
European Parliament groupThe Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL[13]
International affiliationIMCWP
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, PTB; Dutch: Partij van de Arbeid van België, PVDA; lit. 'Labour Party of Belgium') is a Marxist[14][15] and socialist[16][17][18] 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.[19][20][21]

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  21. ^ "Radical left makes breakthrough in Belgium". Green Left Weekly. 20 October 2018.

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