Team Fouad Ahidar Explained

Team Fouad Ahidar
Abbreviation:TFA
Ideology:Muslim interests
Multiculturalism
Anti-Zionism
Headquarters:Lombardstraat 69, 1000 Brussels
Split:Vooruit
European:Free Palestine Party
Position:Centre-left
Seats1 Title:Chamber of Representatives
Seats2 Title:Senate
Seats3 Title:Flemish Parliament
Seats4 Title:Walloon Parliament
Seats5 Title:Brussels Parliament
Seats6 Title:Parliament of the French Community
Seats7 Title:European Parliament
Seats8 Title:Benelux Parliament
Colours: Purple
Country:Belgium

The Team Fouad Ahidar (TFA) is a Belgian political party. Founded in 2024 as a Muslim and minority-interests party, it is named after its founder, . It is a member of the European Free Palestine Party.[1]

Establishment

Fouad Ahidar was elected as a Brussels MP in 2004 for sp.a, later known as Vooruit. He held a leading position in the party and was party leader. After Vooruit party chairman Conner Rousseau was charged with making racist statements,[2] Ahidar resigned from the party in December 2023.[3] In February 2024, he announced that he would present his own list in the Dutch-speaking electoral college in Brussels for the upcoming elections.[4]

Despite being nominally a bilingual and cross-community party, Team Fouad Ahidar presented candidates in only the Dutch-speaking electoral college in Brussels and for the Flemish parliament.

2024 elections

In the elections for the Brussels Parliament on June 9, 2024, the party obtained 16.47% of the votes and three seats with Fouad Ahidar, Najima El Arbaoui and Ilyas El Omari in the Dutch language group. This made Team Fouad Ahidar the second largest faction on the Dutch-speaking side, after Groen. In addition, the party obtained 17.97% and one of the six seats with M'Hamed Kasmi in the electoral area of the Brussels members of the Flemish Parliament.

After the election, Vooruit MP claimed that the party's success was based on "fake news and lies".[5] Reformist Movement and DéFI both stated they would not form a Brussels government with Team Fouad Ahidar, effectively relegating the party to opposition.[6]

Election results

Chamber of Representatives

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La coalition Belge NL – Free Palestine Party . 2024-06-20 . en-US.
  2. Web site: NWS . VRT . 2023-10-02 . Vooruit-voorzitter Conner Rousseau wordt donderdag verhoord over mogelijk racistische uitlatingen . 2024-06-20 . vrtnws.be . nl.
  3. Web site: Brussels MP Fouad Ahidar leaves Vooruit: 'I am deeply appalled by the many blunders, the convictions for racism and sexism' . 2024-06-20 . Ground News . en.
  4. Web site: Fouad Ahidar trekt Gewestlijst voor 'Team Fouad Ahidar' . 2024-06-20 . www.bruzz.be . nl.
  5. Web site: 2024-06-11 . Socialist MP claims Team Fouad Ahidar’s success was thanks to a “campaign full of lies and fake news” . 2024-06-20 . vrtnws.be . en.
  6. Web site: Chini . Maïthé . 18 June 2024 . 'Unprecedented': MR and DéFi veto newcomer Team Fouad Ahidar in Brussels Government . 2024-06-20 . www.brusselstimes.com . en.