| − | After World War II, the Catholic (subsequently Christian Democratic) Party severed its formal ties with the Church. It became a mass party of the center (more like a political party in the United States). In 1968, the Christian Democratic Party responded to linguistic tensions in the country by dividing into two independent parties: '''Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams''' ('''CD&V''', English: '''Christian Democratic and Flemish''') and '''Centre démocrate humaniste''' ('''cdH''', English: '''Humanist Democratic Centre'''). The small, German-linguistic party in this grouping is '''Christlich-Soziale Partei''' ('''CSP''', English: '''Christian Socialist Party'''), which works with cdH on the national level while in the European Parliament has successfully held the seat allocated to German-speaking Belgians since 1994. | + | After [[World War II]], the Catholic (subsequently Christian Democratic) Party severed its formal ties with the Church. It became a mass party of the center (more like a political party in the United States). In 1968, the Christian Democratic Party responded to linguistic tensions in the country by dividing into two independent parties: '''Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams''' ('''CD&V''', English: '''Christian Democratic and Flemish''') and '''Centre démocrate humaniste''' ('''cdH''', English: '''Humanist Democratic Centre'''). The small, German-linguistic party in this grouping is '''Christlich-Soziale Partei''' ('''CSP''', English: '''Christian Socialist Party'''), which works with cdH on the national level while in the European Parliament has successfully held the seat allocated to German-speaking Belgians since 1994. |