The Christian Social Party (german: Christlich-Soziale Partei, CSP) is a
Christian-democratic operating in the
German-speaking Community of Belgium. Its president is Luc Frank.
In the
2004 European Parliament election
The 2004 European Parliament election was held between 10 and 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. The European Parliamental parties could not be voted for, but electe ...
, standing as ''Christlich-Soziale Partei - Europäische Volkspartei'', the party gained the single seat allocated by
Belgian law to the German-speaking community. The party has maintained this seat since then. The CSP worked with its Francophone counterpart
Humanist Democratic Centre
Humanist Democratic Centre (french: Centre Démocrate Humaniste, CDH) was a Christian democratic and centrist French-speaking political party in Belgium. The party originated in the split in 1972 of the unitary Christian Social Party (PSC-CVP) w ...
in other elections in the past.
Election results
Parliament of the German-speaking Community
European Parliament
Members
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Robert J. Houben
Robert J. Houben (5 May 1905 – 11 April 1992) was a Belgian
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* Something of, or related to, Belgium
* Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent
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(1905–1992)
Party logo
File:Partei CSP.svg, Logo before 2014. Orange is the traditional Christian democratic colour in Belgium.
File:Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1971).png, Logo since 2014. Note the addition of the lion, symbolizing Belgium's German-speaking Community.
References
External links
Official site
Political parties in the German-speaking Community of Belgium
Christian democratic parties in Belgium
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