Parti social chrétien (PSC)

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Parti social chrétien (PSC) was a major francophone Christian democratic political party in Belgium that played a central role in the country’s postwar politics before evolving into successor formations such as Les Engagés.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian democratic party
defunct political party
political party
alignedWith European People’s Party
coreSupportBase Christian trade union members
Francophone Catholics
middle-class voters in Wallonia
country Belgium
foundedBy Belgian Catholic political leaders
hasPart PSC women’s organization
PSC youth wing
ideology Christian democracy
Christian humanism
influenced Belgian education policy
Belgian family policy
Belgian social policy
influencedBy Catholic social teaching
keyIssue education freedom
family values
regional autonomy in Belgium
social market economy
languageOfOrganization French
nativeLabel Parti social chrétien (PSC) self-link
surface form: Parti social chrétien
notableMember Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb
Gérard Deprez NERFINISHED
Joëlle Milquet
Leo Tindemans
Melchior Wathelet
Philippe Maystadt
Wilfried Martens
operatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

Wallonia
opposedTo Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open VLD)
surface form: Belgian Liberal parties

Belgian Socialist Party
participatedIn Belgian federal governments
Government of the Brussels-Capital Region
surface form: Brussels-Capital regional governments

Government of Wallonia
surface form: Walloon regional governments
partOf Belgian party system
politicalPosition centre-right
precededBy Bloc catholique
Bloc catholique
surface form: Parti catholique
religiousOrientation Roman Catholicism
representedIn Chamber of Representatives of Belgium
Parliament of Wallonia
Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region
Senate of Belgium
shortName PSC
succeededBy Centre démocrate humaniste
Les Engagés
timePeriod post-World War II Belgian politics

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CDH / Les Engagés originatesFrom Parti social chrétien (PSC)
subject surface form: Les Engagés
Centre démocrate humaniste precededBy Parti social chrétien (PSC)
this entity surface form: Parti social chrétien
Centre démocrate humaniste hasPoliticalLineage Parti social chrétien (PSC)
this entity surface form: Parti social chrétien
Christian democratic movement in Belgium developedInto Parti social chrétien (PSC)
this entity surface form: Parti Social Chrétien
cdH foundedAs Parti social chrétien (PSC)
this entity surface form: Parti social chrétien
cdH previousName Parti social chrétien (PSC)
this entity surface form: Parti social chrétien
cdH renamedFrom Parti social chrétien (PSC)
this entity surface form: Parti social chrétien
Parti social chrétien (PSC) nativeLabel Parti social chrétien (PSC) self-link
subject surface form: Parti social chrétien
this entity surface form: Parti social chrétien