Pro-autonomy and pro-independence Flemish parties are among the political forces that have seen their support increase in the regional elections held last weekend in Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels. Traditional parties have come far from getting majority and so a coalition government is envisaged. Christian Democrats from CD&V -in favour of self-government- have come first in Flanders, with 22% of the vote and 32 seats out of a total of 124. The Flemish center-right party led by current Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters, has obtained 3 more seats and thus comes ahead Vlaams Belang -far-right pro-independence party-, which lost 11 seats and gets a total of 21. Open VLD -liberals, in favour of greater self-government- also polled 21 seats. SPA (Socialists) also lost ground, gaining 19 seats.

Besides CD&V, the New Flemish Alliance (conservative pro-independence party) has experienced great success, obtaining 16 seats, 9 seats more in comparison to previous elections, and placing themselves as the fifth party in the assembly. It is also worth mentioning the results performed by the Dedecker List -pro-independence liberals-, which enters parliament with 8 seats.

Finally, the Greens see their support grow slightly -7 seats- and Union of Francophones entered the chamber with one seat.

Further information:

• flandersnews.be: Nationalists are the big victors in Flanders
• MónDivers: El Parlament flamenc, més atomitzat i amb els sobiranistes a l'alça