The Committee for Another Policy (, ), abbreviated to CAP, was a Belgian

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movement that was established in 2005, and became a political party in 2006.

Formation

The initiators of the committee are the Belgian politicians (former SP.A-MP), (former MEP for the SP.A, and former ABVV) and ETUC chairman Georges Debunne. All three have been active in the Belgian

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movement for several decades. On 28 October 2006, a foundation congress took place at the ULB in

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. Various existing left-wing groups, like the LSP, the KP and the SAP, committed their support to the idea of a new broad left-wing political formation.

Elections in 2007

At a second congress, held on 3 February 2007, it was decided by a great majority of the participants to take part in the Belgian federal elections of 10 June 2007. The CAP participated with 239 candidates in these elections and got 0.4% of the vote for both the Chamber of People's Representatives and the

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Election results

Federal Parliament

References

External links

Official website (Dutch)

Official website (French)
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