National Front (Belgium)

Front national
Leader	Charles Pire
Founded	1985
Preceded by	None
Headquarters	National Secretariat rue du Trône - Troonstraat 67 Ixelles-Elsene, Bruxelles-Brussel
Ideology	Nationalism
International affiliation	None
European affiliation	Alliance of European National Movements
European Parliament Group	None
Official colours	Red, Yellow, Black
Website
http://www.fn.be/
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The National Front (French: Le Front national) is a francophone Belgian far-right political party. The party's ideology advocates a strong unitary Belgian nationalism and is strongly against immigration.

The party's acting leader is Patrick Cocriamont.

In the 2003 general election, it won one seat in the Chamber of Representatives, with 2% of the vote. It also has two seats in the Senate. A recent poll showed that it had the backing of about 9.4% of the Wallonian voters.^[1] Despite this poll it won in the 10 June 2007 general elections, 1 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 1 out of 40 seats in the Senate.

Brussels Appeals Court conviction

The party's original leader, Daniel Féret, was sentenced to 240 hours of community service on April 18, 2006, for the incitement of hatred, discrimination and segregation in the party's flyers and website.^[1][2] He is also barred from running for political office for 10 years. The webmaster of the National Front site was also convicted, and barred for 7 years. Their convictions were upheld by a superior court in October 2006.

2006 elections

In Wallonia, members of the National Front could not compete using the party name during the 2006 municipal elections, because the party failed to use the correct electoral procedure. In Brussels, the National Front will compete under its acronym, FN.^[3]

Election results (1985-2010)

Belgian Chamber of Representatives

Election year	# of total votes	% of overall vote	# of seats won
1985	3,738	0.1%	0
1987	7,596	0.1%	0
1991	64,992	1.1%	1
1995	138,496	2.3%	2
1999	90,401	1.5%	1
2003	130,012	1.98%	1
2007	131,385	1.97%	1
2010	–	–	–

Belgian Senate

Election year	# of votes	% of vote	# of seats won
1985	4,201	0.1%	0
1987	8,186	0.6%	0
1987	60,876	1.0%	0
1995	–	–	–
1999	92,924	1.5%	0
2003	147,305	2.25%	1
2007	150,461	2.27%	1
2010	–	–	–

European Parliament

Election year	# of votes	% of vote	# of seats won
1994	175,732	2.9%	1
1999	94,848	1.52%	0
2004	181,351	2.79%	0

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Far-right boss to help immigrants". BBC News. 2006-04-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4919888.stm. Retrieved 2010-06-19. 
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