Volksunie

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defunct political party political party

Volksunie was a former Belgian political party that advocated Flemish nationalism and federalism before splitting into successor parties in the early 2000s.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Volksunie canonical 3
Volksunie youth wing 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
dissolved 2001 ⓘ
electoralBase Flemish-speaking population of Belgium ⓘ
foundedBy Frans Van Cauwelaert ⓘ
Frans Van der Elst ⓘ
Hendrik Fayat ⓘ
Maurits Coppieters ⓘ
hasPart Volksunie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Volksunie youth wing
headquartersLocation Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels
ideology Flemish Movement ⓘ
surface form: Flemish nationalism

federalism ⓘ
inception 1954 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch ⓘ
mergedInto New Flemish Alliance ⓘ
surface form: Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie

Spirit (Sociaal-Liberale Partij) ⓘ
nativeLabel Volksunie self-link ⓘ
notableMember Bert Anciaux ⓘ
Geert Bourgeois ⓘ
Hugo Schiltz ⓘ
Jaak Gabriëls ⓘ
Johan Sauwens ⓘ
Karel De Gucht ⓘ
Nelly Maes ⓘ
Willy Kuijpers ⓘ
Wivina Demeester ⓘ
operatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Flanders ⓘ
opposedTo unitary Belgian state ⓘ
parliamentaryRepresentation Chamber of Representatives of Belgium ⓘ
Flemish Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Flemish Council

Senate of Belgium ⓘ
participatedIn Belgian federal elections ⓘ
Brussels regional elections ⓘ
Flemish regional elections ⓘ
politicalPosition centre ⓘ
centre-left ⓘ
politicalSpectrum Flemish Movement ⓘ
surface form: Flemish movement
positionOnLanguagePolicy advocated protection and promotion of the Dutch language in Belgium ⓘ
positionOnRegionalAutonomy supported increased autonomy for Flanders ⓘ
positionOnStateReform supported transformation of Belgium into a federal state ⓘ
reasonForDissolution internal conflicts over strategy and alliances ⓘ
shortName VU ⓘ
successor New Flemish Alliance ⓘ
surface form: Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie

Spirit (Sociaal-Liberale Partij) ⓘ
supported devolution of powers to regions and communities ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Flemish Alliance → originatesFrom → Volksunie ⓘ
Volksunie → nativeLabel → Volksunie self-link ⓘ
Volksunie → hasPart → Volksunie self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Volksunie youth wing
Geert Bourgeois → politicalParty → Volksunie ⓘ