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Vivant is a small
Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD). Both parties are founded on the principle of individualism and can be called liberal
. In 2007, the party announced it would likely merge with the VLD.
Vivant is
VLD doesn't support all of these measures. Vivant also has direct democracy
as one of its key points.
In the regional elections of 2004, partner VLD lost heavily, dragging Vivant with it to third place among
German-speaking community of Belgium, where it won 7.3% and two representatives in the Parliament of the German community
.
While vivant means "alive" or "lively" in French, as an acronym "VIVANT" stands for Voor Individuele Vrijheid en Arbeid in een Nieuwe Toekomst, ("for individual freedom and labour in a new future") in Dutch.
Elections
Vivant first took part in the federal elections for the
Chamber of Representatives in 1999, but obtained no seats. The 2003 elections were no different. In 2004 there were elections of the European Parliament and the Belgian regional parliaments, where Vivant took part in a list-cartel with the VLD, but none of Vivant's candidates were elected. In 2006, Nele Lijnen
became a co-opted member of the Senate.
See also
- List of liberal parties
- Liberalism in Belgium
References
- ^ a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "German-speaking Community/Belgium". Parties and Elections in Europe.
- ^ a b "Die Wahlen in der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft". VRT. 7 May 2014.
- ^ "Belgium". Europe Elects. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
External links
- Vivant official site
- http://www.vivanteurope.org/doc/THEME/th29_2_en.pdf
