The Belgian Liberal party in the 1860s and 1870s had a strong progressive wing in the cities, which in the 1870s even dominated Belgian liberalism.[1] After the defeat of the Liberal party in the general elections of 1884 the doctrinarian-bourgeois faction continued to dominate the Belgian Liberal party. However, the progressistes or radicals no longer wanted to toe the line. In 1887 they established their own party, the Parti Progressiste, with Paul Janson as its president. Although the radicals shared some ideas with the socialist Parti Ouvrier Belge (POB), they rejected universal suffrage.[2]
Over the years, it became more radical in its views and in 1894, they asked for the creation of a Ministry of Labour, the creation of maximum hours for a working day, and compulsory insurance against accidents, disease, unemployment and disability. More important still, it envisaged the creation of a true public sector by the nationalization of the railroads, canals, roads, bridges and coal mines and by the replacement of the national bank by a bank of state, etc.[3] They reunited with the Liberal Party in 1900, which made many concessions to the radicals.[4]
progressive, party, belgium, progressive, party, belgium, french, parti, progressiste, progressive, liberal, party, which, existed, from, 1887, until, 1900, contents, history, also, references, sourceshistory, editthe, belgian, liberal, party, 1860s, 1870s, st. The Progressive Party of Belgium French Parti Progressiste was a progressive liberal party which existed from 1887 until 1900 Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 SourcesHistory editThe Belgian Liberal party in the 1860s and 1870s had a strong progressive wing in the cities which in the 1870s even dominated Belgian liberalism 1 After the defeat of the Liberal party in the general elections of 1884 the doctrinarian bourgeois faction continued to dominate the Belgian Liberal party However the progressistes or radicals no longer wanted to toe the line In 1887 they established their own party the Parti Progressiste with Paul Janson as its president Although the radicals shared some ideas with the socialist Parti Ouvrier Belge POB they rejected universal suffrage 2 Over the years it became more radical in its views and in 1894 they asked for the creation of a Ministry of Labour the creation of maximum hours for a working day and compulsory insurance against accidents disease unemployment and disability More important still it envisaged the creation of a true public sector by the nationalization of the railroads canals roads bridges and coal mines and by the replacement of the national bank by a bank of state etc 3 They reunited with the Liberal Party in 1900 which made many concessions to the radicals 4 See also editPolitics of Belgium Liberalism in Belgium Liberal Archive Belgian Labour Party BWP POB Christene VolkspartijReferences edit Witte E Craeybeckx J Meynen A Political History of Belgium From 1830 Onwards Asp Vubpress Upa 2009 p 81 Fitzmaurice J The Politics of Belgium A Unique Federalism C Hurst amp Co Publishers 1996 p 28 Chlepner B S Cent Ans d Histoire Sociale Bruxelles ed de l ULB 1956 Fitzmaurice J The Politics of Belgium A Unique Federalism C Hurst amp Co Publishers 1996 p 28Sources editIn de oppositie 1884 1914 Dutch Lauwers N Georges Lorand 1860 1918 Een transnationale progressieve liberaal VUB 2016 nbsp This article related to a European Liberal party is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Progressive Party Belgium amp oldid 1084405771, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
