B Plus is a Belgian non profit organization which promotes

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and

solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...

between the communities of Belgium. The organization supports

federalism Federalism is a combined or compound mode of government that combines a general government (the central or "federal" government) with regional governments (Province, provincial, State (sub-national), state, Canton (administrative division), can ...

as a way to organize the Belgian state. Gilles Vanden Burre is the president of the organization. The organization has several notable members, such as the politicians

Willy Claes Willem Werner Hubert "Willy" Claes (; born 24 November 1938) is a Belgian politician who served as the eighth Secretary General of NATO, from 1994 to 1995. Claes was forced to resign from his NATO position after he was found guilty of corruptio ...

Freddy Willockx Frederik A. A. Willockx (born 2 September 1947) is a Belgian socialist politician, member of the Flemish Different Socialist Party. Freddy Willockx was first elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1979 and served until 1994. He ...

Camille Paulus Camille Paulus (born 24 April 1943) is a Belgian lawyer and liberal politician. Education He graduated with a doctorate in law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in 1966. Career He succeeded Frans Van den Eynde as the mayor of Aartselaar ...

, Ludwig Vandenhove,

Hervé Jamar Hervé Jamar is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the Reformist Movement (MR). He was mayor of Hannut from 1995 to 2014. He became Belgium's Minister of Budget in 2014 but resigned in 2015 in order to become Governor of the Province A ...

and

Pierre Chevalier Pierre Chevalier may refer to: *Pierre Chevalier (caver) (1905–2001), French caver, mountaineer and explorer *Pierre Chevalier (director) (1915–2005), French film director *Pierre Chevalier (politician) (born 1952), Belgian politician *Pierre M ...

. In addition, several members out of the Belgian business community, such as baron

Paul Buysse Paul Henri Maria, Count Buysse, CMG, CBE (born 17 March 1945, in Antwerp) is a Belgian businessman. He is the main author of the Belgian Code for Corporate Governance (''Code Buysse''). Education Paul Buysse holds a degree in Business Manage ...

, baron Maurice Velge, baron Daniel Janssen and Paul-Emmanuel Janssen. Several members from the Belgian cultural world, such as José van Dam, Vitalski, Wim Helsen, baroness

Monika van Paemel Monika, Baroness van Paemel (born 4 May 1945) is a Belgian writer. Born in Poesele, at age 14 she attended the ''Heilig Graf'' boarding school in Turnhout, where she graduated in ''commercial sciences''. In 1963, she married Theo Butsen, whom sh ...

and

Benno Barnard Benno may refer to: People Mononym * (927–940), saint * (1049–1061) *Benno I of Osnabrück (bishop, 1052–1067) *Benno of Meissen (bishop, 1066–1106), saint *Benno II of Osnabrück (bishop, 1068–1088) *Benno of Santi Martino e Silvestro ( ...

. Several journalists, such as Walter Zinzen,

Geert van Istendael Geert van Istendael (born 29 March 1947) is the pseudonym of ''Geert Maria Mauritius Julianus Vanistendael'', a Belgian writer, poet and essayist. He studied sociology and philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. From 1987 until 1993, h ...

and Luc Van der Kelen besides sportspeople such as

Jacky Ickx Jacques Bernard "Jacky" Ickx (; born 1 January 1945) is a Belgian former racing driver who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans six times (second-highest of all time) and achieved eight wins and 25 podium finishes in Formula One. He greatly contributed ...

. Members from academia, such as Anne Morelli, Raymond Detrez, Jan Blommaert and

Sophie de Schaepdrijver Sophie, Baroness De Schaepdrijver (b. Kortrijk, 11 September 1961) is a Belgian historian. Education She graduated in history at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium) and obtained a PhD with a dissertation on ''Elites for the Capita ...

History

The organization was founded in 1998.

References

* Rudy Aernoudt, ''Brussel, kind van de rekening'', 2007, Roularta * Rudy Aernoudt, ''Vlaanderen-Wallonie Je t'aime moi non plus'', 2006, Roularta * Benno Barnard, ''Door God bij Europa verwekt'', 1996, Atlas

Sources

Zinzen, Jamar en Helsen vervoegen B Plus
(Dutch)

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B Plus
Political organisations based in Belgium {{Belgium-org-stub

History

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