Union des Francophones
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The Union of Francophones (
History
In the 1980s the Groupement des francophones de la Périphérie (GFP) was created, grouping French-speaking elected officials from the Flemish communes of the Brabant province. In 1994 the province of Brabant was divided into the Brussels-Capital Region, Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant, leading to the creation of the Union of Francophones in the perspective of the October 1994 provincial elections.
Organization
The UF is a cooperative structure without direct members, run by representatives of 4
Programme
As a heterogenous multi-party coalition, the UF doesn't follow a specific ideological point of view. However, reflecting the social composition of the population in these rather privileged suburbs, most of the elected officials belong to the
Elected officials
The party currently has no representatives in the Flemish Parliament, two in the provincial council of Flemish Brabant and dozens in several municipal councils.
Other French-speaking parties
For the first time the Francophone
Electoral performance
The following table lists the municipalities bordering the Brussels Region and/or bordering one of the six Flemish municipalities with language facilities for French speakers (marked with [F]).
| Municipality | 2012 provincial council | 2014 Flemish Parliament | 2018 provincial council | 2019 Flemish Parliament | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Asse | 688 | 3.6% | 453 | 2.36% | 485 | 2.5% | 393 | 2% |
| Beersel | 3,013 | 20.4% | 2,287 | 15.40% | 2,259 | 15.2% | 1,898 | 12.8% |
| Dilbeek | 3,083 | 12.2% | 2,004 | 7.92% | 2,655 | 10.3% | 1,570 | 6.1% |
| Drogenbos [F] | 1,348 | 55.9% | 1,069 | 45.72% | 1,224 | 50.3% | 906 | 38.1% |
| Grimbergen | 2,491 | 11.3% | 1,499 | 6.87% | 1,604 | 7.3% | 1,057 | 4.8% |
| Halle | 1,077 | 4.7% | 564 | 2.44% | 662 | 2.8% | 437 | 1.8% |
| Hoeilaart | 818 | 13.8% | 541 | 9.06% | 417 | 6.6% | 305 | 4.8% |
| Kraainem [F] | 3,979 | 64.1% | 2,949 | 50.48% | 3,010 | 52.2% | 2,780 | 46.3% |
| Linkebeek [F] | 1,785 | 65.8% | 1,519 | 56.87% | 1,398 | 53.1% | 1,225 | 46.2% |
| Machelen | 568 | 7.4% | 370 | 4.80% | 309 | 3.9% | 287 | 3.6% |
| Meise | 753 | 6.1% | 558 | 4.49% | 516 | 4.2% | 437 | 3.5% |
| Merchtem | 110 | 1% | 95 | 0.87% | 108 | 1% | 91 | 0.8% |
| Overijse | 2,710 | 20.7% | 1,826 | 13.65% | 1,578 | 11.6% | 1,292 | 9.3% |
| Sint-Genesius-Rode [F] | 5,208 | 54% | 4,014 | 42.21% | 4,433 | 46.9% | 4,088 | 42.1% |
| Sint-Pieters-Leeuw | 3,602 | 19.6% | 2,712 | 14.78% | 2,802 | 15.2% | 2,000 | 10.9% |
| Tervuren | 1,518 | 14% | 1,256 | 11.48% | 1,171 | 10.3% | 904 | 7.9% |
| Vilvoorde | 2,512 | 11.5% | 1,669 | 7.60% | 2,001 | 8.5% | 1,101 | 4.8% |
| Wemmel [F] | 2,950 | 34.6% | 2,246 | 26.17% | 2,309 | 28% | 1581 | 19.3% |
| Wezembeek-Oppem [F] | 4,497 | 63.3% | 3,058 | 45.90% | 3,708 | 54.2% | 2,907 | 42.9 |
| Zaventem | 3,452 | 20.7% | 2,456 | 14.97% | 3,145 | 18.5% | 2,173 | 13% |
| Entire province of Flemish Brabant | 48,920 | 7.1% | 34,741 | 5.01% | 38,115 | 5.4% | 28,804 | 4.1% |
Sources
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Flanders/Belgium". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ L’Union des Francophones (UF) de la Province du Brabant flamand Archived 2009-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, on the UF website
- ^ B.D., Périphérie: l'UF fait la force, Tribune de Bruxelles, October 12, 2006
- ^ Ludivine Nolf, Écolo, grande absente de la liste UF en périphérie, La Dernière Heure, May 12, 2009
External links
- Official website
- Leaflets and posters of the UF (2006, 2009, 2012 and 2014), Tractothèque