Committee for Another Policy

Political party in Belgium

Committee for Another Policy

* Comité voor een Andere Politiek
* Comité pour une Autre Politique

Founded| 2005 (2005)
Ideology| Socialism
Colours| Red
Website

* www.anderepolitiek.be (Dutch)
* www.autrepolitique.be (French)

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* Elections

The Committee for Another Policy (Dutch: Comité voor een Andere Politiek, French: Comité pour une Autre Politique), abbreviated to CAP, was a Belgian left-wing political movement that was established in 2005, and became a political party in 2006.[1]

## Formation

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The initiators of the committee are the Belgian politicians Jef Sleeckx [nl] (former SP.A-MP), Lode Van Outrive [nl] (former MEP for the SP.A, and former ABVV) and ETUC chairman Georges Debunne.[2] All three have been active in the Belgian socialist movement for several decades.

On 28 October 2006, a foundation congress took place at the ULB in Brussels. Various existing left-wing groups, like the LSP, the KP and the SAP, committed their support to the idea of a new broad left-wing political formation.

## Elections in 2007

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At a second congress, held on 3 February 2007, it was decided by a great majority of the participants to take part in the Belgian federal elections of 10 June 2007. The CAP participated with 239 candidates in these elections and got 0.4% of the vote for both the Chamber of People's Representatives and the Senate.

## Election results

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### Federal Parliament

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Chamber of Representatives

Election year  | # of overall votes  | % of overall vote  | % of language
group vote  | # of overall seats won  | # of language
group seats won  | +/-
2007 | 20,083  | 0.30  |

0 / 150

Senate

Election year  | # of overall votes  | % of overall vote  | % of language
group vote  | # of overall seats won  | # of language
group seats won  | +/-
2007 | 21,215  | 0.32  |

0 / 40

2010 | 6,254  |  | 0.10  |

0 / 40

|  0

## References

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1. ^ "Toelichting door Jef Sleeckx van het verzoekschrift Debunne Sleeckx Van Outrive op 8 november 2005 op de Commissie buitenland van het Vlaams Parlement" (PDF) (in Dutch). 2006-12-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
2. ^ "Jef Sleeckx vindt de tijd rijp voor een andere politiek. / Interviews / Politics.be - Jouw politieke portaalsite". Politics.be. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

## External links

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* Official website (Dutch)
* Official website (French)

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