Union of the French-speaking people

The Union of the French-speaking people ( UF ) is a list of Cartel presented by certain French-speaking parties to the provincial and regional elections in the Province of Brabant-Fleming, more particularly in the administrative Arrondissement of Hall-Vilvorde, where many French-speaking people live.

Flemish regional elections

At the time of the Flemish regional elections of June 2004, the single outgoing elected official, Christian Van Eycken (MR-FDF, burgomaster of Linkebeek), were re-elected.

Provincial elections of Brabant-Flemish

At the time of the provincial elections of October 2000, the UF obtained 6 elected officials, that is to say Michel Dandoy (MR-PRL, communal adviser with Dilbeek), Eric Poswick (MR-PRL, Overijse), Jean-Pierre Without (MR-FDF, alderman with Wezembeek-Oppem), Dominique Houtart (MR-PRL, Kraainem), François van Hoobrouck d' Aspre (MR-PRL, burgomaster of Wezembeek-Oppem), Francine Collet-Vandersmissen (MR-FDF, échevine with Linkebeek).

At the beginning, the UF gathered FDF (current component of the reforming Mouvement, MR.), PRL (current component of the reforming Mouvement, MR.) and PSC (current humanistic democratic Center, CDH), but in 2004 the PS joined them.

The party Ecolo always refused to enter this type of trust and invited to vote for its counterparts Flemish ecologists (Groen!) as well with the provincial and regional elections as with communal, going until refusing, in 1997, the setting-up by militants Ecologist of a local group with Rhode-Saint-Genesis. However, the position of the French-speaking ecologists evolved to the participation in a French-speaking trust, which was concretized in several communes at the time of the communal elections of 2006.

Communal elections and of the councils of CPAS

At the communal level, the situation is more complex, the situation differs from one commune to another and one election to the following one:

either only one list of French-speaking trust
or a " list bourgmestre" sometimes gathering Dutch-speaking French-speaking people and
is lists of political parties.

The situation differs considerably between the six common to facilities, where as well the French-speaking people as the Dutch-speaking ones take part of office in communal management, and other common to French-speaking minorities, where the French-speaking elected officials are systematically isolated of any coalition.

After the communal elections of 2000 with Vilvorde, the relative majority CVP-SP-Agalev however discharged two French-speaking elected officials, without naming some only one as alderman, to assure the absolute majority and thus to avoid a coalition nondesired between two greater parties, CVP and VLD. These two elected officials were excluded by the FDF.

Communes of the periphery of Brussels

Communes of the periphery of Brussels (Brabant-Fleming) at least cash a French-speaking elected official of list (UF, Union, PF or other)

Communes called to facilities for the French-speaking people

Drogenbos (district of Hall-Vilvorde): until 2006, it there forever have of list UF or equivalent to communal, the burgomaster CD&V Jean Calmeyn (deceased in 2005) during more than 30 years assured linguistic peace in its commune and gained all the elections with the head of a List of the bilingual burgomaster. In 2006, list UF obtained 6 seats (5 FDF, 1 PS) out of 15 to the town council and 5 (3 FDF, 2 PS) out of 9 with council CPAS.
Kraainem (district of Hall-Vilvorde): the list UNION obtained 13 seats out of 23 in 2000, Flemish list KZ000 5 seats and the LBM (List of the Marick Burgomaster, French-speaking person) 6, whereas in 1994 the LBM had collected 18 seats against 5 with the Flemish list Kartel ().
Linkebeek (district of Hall-Vilvorde): the List of the burgomaster (French-speaking) carried out by deputy UF Christian Van Eycken (MR. - FDF) carried 12 seats out of 15 into 2000,13 out of 15 into 1994,12 out of 15 into 1988,11 out of 15 in 1982 (the PS having presented a distinct list, which did not have of elected official) ().
Rhode-Saint-Genesis (district of Hall-Vilvorde): the bilingual list Communal Interests - Gemeentebelang obtained 16 seats out of 25 in 2000, that is to say one moreover than in 1994 ().
Wemmel (district of Hall-Vilvorde): the List of the burgomaster, bilingual, obtained 17 seats out of 23 in 2000 ().
Wezembeek-Oppem (district of Hall-Vilvorde), list UF gained 16 seats out of 23 in 2000 (6 of more than in 1994), the bilingual list Communal Entente - Gemeentelijke Eendracht of the former burgomaster passed from 9 to 4 seats, lists it Flemish DWO (Demokraten Wezembeek Oppem) from 4 to 3 (1 CD&V, 1 SP.A, 1 N-VA), and new list ECOLEV (Ecologist-Agalev) did not obtain any seat ().

Flemish officially unilingual communes

Flemish officially unilingual communes, without facilities for the French-speaking people:

Beersel (district of Hall-Vilvorde): list UF obtained 6 seats out of 27 in 2000 whereas into 1994 the French-speaking parties arised in dispersed order (FDF, PRL, PS), only the FDF obtaining 3 seats, against 2 FDF and 1 PRL in 1988 ().
Dilbeek (district of Hall-Vilvorde): list UF gained 5 seats out of 33 in 2000, the list UNION 6 into 1994,5 in 1988 ().
Grimbergen (district of Hall-Vilvorde): list UF obtained 4 seats out of 31 in 2000, as much as in 1994 ().
Hoeilaart (district of Hall-Vilvorde): the Union list obtained 2 seats out of 21 in 2000 compared with 3 in 1994 and any in 1988 ().
Meise (district of Hall-Vilvorde): the Union list lost in 2000 the single seat which it had gained in 1994 ().
Overijse (district of Hall-Vilvorde): the Union list obtained 9 seats out of 27 in 2000, that is to say one of less than in 1994, thus returning on its level of 1988 ().
Leeuw-Saint-Pierre (district of Hall-Vilvorde): list PF obtained 5 seats out of 29 in 2000, as much as in 1994, whereas in 1988 it had taken down only 3 of them (and the PS 1 on a distinct list) ().
Tervuren (district of Leuwen), the French-speaking list is also called UNION and obtained 4 seats out of 27 in 1994 as in 2000, the same score that list PRL-GFP in 1988, is one moreover than the only PRL in 1982 ().
Vilvorde (district of Hall-Vilvorde): list FDF obtained 3 elected officials out of 31 in 2000, that is to say 1 of more than in 1994, ghost with his score of 1988 whereas it had reached 4 in 1982 and in 1976 ().
Zaventem (district of Hall-Vilvorde), list UF gained 5 seats out of 29 in 2000, that is to say 1 of more than in 1994, list PF had obtained from them only 3 into 1988,4 into 1982,3 in 1976 ().

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