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Mischaël Modrikamen Mischaël Modrikamen (born 22 February 1966) is a Belgians, Belgian right wing politician and lawyer. He is the co-founder and leader of the People's Party (Belgium), People's Party. He is the vice-president of the Alliance for Direct Democracy in ...

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-speaking party, it considered itself to be to the

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of the

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, the main

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party in Francophone Belgium. It was often considered as a

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party. The PP was founded on 26 November 2009 by

Rudy Aernoudt Rudy Aernoudt is a Belgian professor, writer, politician, economist and philosopher, born in Torhout. He was many times Chief of staff (director of cabinet) of the Ministers of economy and innovation both in Flanders and in Wallonia, of the Belgia ...

and

, inspired in part by the examples of the People's Party in

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and the

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. The PP considers itself to be

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in the European sense of the term. The party's manifesto emphasizes efficiency and disinterestedness in governance, plain speaking, and individual autonomy. The PP aimed to reform the justice system and to strengthen the

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relative to the regions and communities. In its first electoral test, the

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, the PP won 84,005 votes (1.29% of the national total) and returned Laurent Louis as its first

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for

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. The PP list for the

, headed by Rudy Aernoudt, took 98,858 votes (1.53% nationally) but failed to return a Senator. The party also discussed a joint venture with the Flemish

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party, but ultimately the two parties chose not to collaborate. Aernoudt and Modrikamen had a public falling-out in August 2010. Laurent Louis had publicly supported the policy of

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in deporting

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people from France. These comments provoked the indignation of both Aernoudt and the leaders of the PP's youth wing, but Modrikamen did not join in their call for Louis to apologize, and Aernoudt was expelled from the party. Aernoudt disputed the legality of his expulsion, and also criticized Modrikamen's call for a "Plan B" (an independent Wallonia-Brussels) as a betrayal of the party's federalist identity. Aernoudt also publicly accused Modrikamen of financial misdeeds. The rupture leaves the future of the party uncertain. The People's Party is supportive of Israel. Mischael Modrikamen, president of the People's Party, has reiterated after the regional elections in 2012 the interest to offer a partnership with the Flemish party, the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), to transform Belgium into a

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in 2014. In 2014 the PP won 1 seat in the chamber of representatives and 1 seat in the

. The PP reached more than 10% in some cantons. However

did not get a seat in the chamber of representatives. The PP participated in the European elections for the first time but did not get a seat despite the score of Luc Trullemans. The party was dissolved by unanimous vote of the party members present on the 18 June 2019 party congress. Following the dissolution of the part, some former PP members announced their invention to create a new party called ''La Droite'' (The Right) and reportedly reached out to

Alain Destexhe Alain Destexhe (born 19 June 1958) is a Belgian politician. He was a senator from 1995 to 2011, and remained a member of the Brussels Regional Parliament until 2019. Destexhe was a member of the liberal Mouvement Réformateur (MR) and repre ...

and his ''Listes Destexhe'' party for collaboration.

Electoral results

Federal Parliament

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

Regional parliaments

Walloon Parliament

Brussels Parliament

European Parliament

Notable figures

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Michel Renquin Michel Renquin (born 3 November 1955) is a former football player and current coach. He won 55 caps for the Belgium national football team. He coached mostly in Switzerland. Playing career *Before 1974: JFC Wibrin *1974–1981: Standard de Li� ...

References

External links

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Official website
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