• Source: Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1945)

The Christian Social Party (French: Parti Social Chrétien, or PSC; Dutch: Christelijke Volkspartij, CVP) was a major centre-right political party in Belgium which existed from 1945 until 1968.
Established as the successor to the pre-war Catholic Block, the PSC-CVP was established after the Liberation of Belgium with an explicitly "deconfessionalised" orientation in the Christian Democratic tradition. It remained the largest party in Belgian politics throughout much of its existence and was the last party in Belgian history to gain an outright majority in the 1950 elections. It provided a number of influential prime ministers and participated in most coalition governments in combination with the Belgian Socialist Party and the Liberal Party or its successor the Party for Freedom and Progress.
Amid rising regionalist tensions, the PSC-CVP's regional parties split along linguistic lines in 1968 to form the Francophone Christian Social Party (Parti Social Chrétien, PSC) and Flemish Christian People's Party (Christelijke Volkspartij, CVP).




History


At the end of World War II, on 18–19 August 1945 the Parti Social Chrétien-Christelijke Volkspartij (CVP-PSC) was founded under the presidency of August de Schryver as the successor to the Catholic Party.
In 1968, the party divided along linguistic lines, forming the Francophone Christian Social Party (Parti Social Chrétien) in Wallonia and the Flemish Christian People's Party (Christelijke Volkspartij) in Flanders.




Election results






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Notable members


Jean Duvieusart
Gaston Eyskens
Pierre Harmel
Théo Lefèvre
Joseph Pholien
Paul Vanden Boeynants
Jean Van Houtte
Count Jean Charles Snoy et d'Oppuers




See also


Politics of Belgium
Christene Volkspartij
Graves de communi re
Rerum novarum




References






Further reading


Lamberts, Emiel (2004). "The Zenith of Christian Democracy: The Christelijke Volkspartij/Parti Social Chrétien in Belgium". In Michael Gehler; Wolfram Kaiser (eds.). Christian Democracy in Europe since 1945. Routledge. pp. 59–73. ISBN 0-7146-5662-3.
Beke, Wouter (2005). De ziel van een zuil. De Christelijke Volkspartij 1945-1968. Leuven: Leuven University Press. ISBN 9789058674982.
Conway, Martin (1996). "Belgium". In Buchanan, Tom; Conway, Martin (eds.). Political Catholicism in Europe, 1918–1965. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 187–218. ISBN 9780198203193.




External links


Archives of Christian Social Party in ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures Archived 2016-04-28 at the Wayback Machine

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