- Union des Francophones
The Union of Francophones ( _fr. Union des Francophones) or UF is a Belgian electoral list which participates in regional, provincial and municipal elections in the Flemish Province of
Flemish Brabant . As its name suggests, its primary target are the French-speaking inhabitants of Flemish Brabant and particularly those who live in Halle-Vilvoorde and the - now predominantly French-speaking -municipalities with linguistic facilities near theBrussels-Capital Region .The UF is a cooperation between the three most important French-speaking parties in
Belgium : the Mouvement Réformateur, the Centre Démocrate Humaniste and the Parti Socialiste.As it is a multiparty (right-center-left) coalition, it doesn't follow a specific ideological point of view. However, reflecting the social composition of the population in these rather privileged suburbs, most of the elected officials belong to the right-wing Mouvement Réformateur. The coalition wants an enlargement of the bilingual
Brussels Capital Region through the merger of variousmunicipalities with linguistic facilities with a large percentage of French-speakers, likeSint-Genesius-Rode , to it and opposes the splitting of the bilingualBrussels-Halle-Vilvoorde electoral and judicial constituency.The party currently has one representative in the
Flemish Parliament , six in the provincial council of Flemish Brabant and dozens in several municipal councils.External links
* [http://www.uniondesfrancophones.be/ Official website]
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