Party of German-speaking Belgians explained

Party of German-speaking Belgians
Native Name:	Partei der Deutschsprachigen Belgier
Abbreviation:	PDB
Split:	Christlich Soziale Partei^[1]
Merged:	ProDG
Position:	Right-wing^[2]
European:	European Free Alliance Federal Union of European Nationalities
Seats1 Title:	Most PDG MPs (1977–81)
Regional:	PJU–PDB (1995–2008)
Country:	Belgium
Colorcode:	fc5413

The Party of German-speaking Belgians (German: Partei der Deutschsprachigen Belgier, PDB) was a regionalist^[3] political party active in the German-speaking Community of Belgium founded in 1971.^[4] The party was a founder member of the European Free Alliance in 1981.^[5]

The party has been accused of supporting irredentism^[2] and was involved in a scandal surrounding which itself had ties to far-right groups.^{[2] [6] [7]}

In 2008 the party was succeeded by ProDG.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Die CSP schaut auf 50 Jahre als eigenständige Partei zurück. grenzecho.net. Christian. Schmitz. 25 June 2022. Diese spalteten sich Anfang der 70er Jahre von der CSP ab, gründeten zunächst die Christliche Wählerunion (CUW) und später dann die Partei der deutschsprachigen Belgier (PDB).. 2022-12-15.
2. Web site: Der mündige Sohn. Peter. Riesbeck. 4 June 2014. 2022-12-16.
3. Book: Daniele Caramani. The Nationalization of Politics: The Formation of National Electorates and Party Systems in Western Europe. 29 March 2004. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-53520-5. 99–.
4. Book: Jörg Schilling. Rainer Täubrich. Belgien. 1990. C.H.Beck. 978-3-406-33175-6. 72–.
5. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194830/http://www.e-f-a.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/3.4.4.3_EFA-THE-INTERNATIONALISM.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
6. Book: Federalization in the slipstream: How the German-speaking Community of Belgium became one of the smallest federal entities in the world . 10, 14. Christoph Niessen . 2022-12-16.
7. Web site: 1987: "Onkel Hermann" . . 17 August 2020 . 2022-12-16.