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51 relations: Austerity, BBC, Belgian franc, Belgian general strike of 1893, Belgian general strike of 1902, Belgian general strike of 1913, Belgian general strike of 1960–61, Belgian Labour Party, Belgian strike of 1886, Belgium, Belgium in the long nineteenth century, Borinage, Carl J. Strikwerda, Coal mining, Communist Party of Belgium, De Standaard, Deindustrialization, Early 1980s recession, Early 1990s recession, European debt crisis, Financial Times, General Federation of Belgian Labour, German occupation of Belgium during World War I, German occupation of Belgium during World War II, Great Depression, Great Recession, History of Europe, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Labour movement, Le Chapelier Law 1791, Leopold III of Belgium, Maastricht Treaty, Michel Government, Misère au Borinage, Plural voting, Popular Front (France), Port of Antwerp, Retirement age, Royal Question, Sliding wage scale, Socialism, Spanish Civil War, Strike of the 100,000, Suffrage, Trade union, Unitary Law, Universal manhood suffrage, Verhofstadt II Government, Wallonia, World War I, ..., World War II. Expand index (1 more) »
Austerity
Austerity is a political-economic term referring to policies that aim to reduce government budget deficits through spending cuts, tax increases, or a combination of both.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
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Belgian franc
The Belgian franc (Franc belge, Belgische frank, Belgischer Franken) was the currency of the Kingdom of Belgium from 1832 until 2002 when the Euro was introduced.
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Belgian general strike of 1893
The general strike of 1893 (grève générale de 1893, algemene staking van 1893) was a major general strike in Belgium in April 1893 called by the Belgian Labour Party (POB–BWP) to pressure the government of Auguste Beernaert to introduce universal male suffrage in elections.
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Belgian general strike of 1902
The general strike of 1902 (grève générale de 1902, algemene staking van 1902) was a major general strike in Belgium, aimed at forcing electoral reform and notably the end of the system of plural voting.
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Belgian general strike of 1913
The general strike of 1913 (grève générale de 1913, algemene staking van 1913) was a major general strike in Belgium.
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Belgian general strike of 1960–61
The general strike over the winter of 1960–61 (Grève générale de l'hiver 1960-1961), known as the Strike of the Century (Grève du Siècle), was a major series of strikes in Belgium which began on 14 December 1960 and lasted approximately six weeks.
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Belgian Labour Party
The Belgian Labour Party or Belgian Workers' Party (Belgische Werkliedenpartij, BWP; Parti Ouvrier Belge, POB) was the first major socialist party in Belgium.
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Belgian strike of 1886
The Belgian strikes of 1886, occasionally known as the social revolt of 1886 (Révolte sociale de 1886), was a violent period of industrial strikes and riots in Belgium between 18–29 March 1886.
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.
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Belgium in the long nineteenth century
The history of Belgium from 1789 to 1914, the period dubbed the "Long Nineteenth Century" by the historian Eric Hobsbawm, includes the end of Austrian rule and periods of French and Dutch occupation of the region, leading to the creation of the first independent Belgian state in 1830.
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Borinage
The Borinage is an area in the Walloon province of Hainaut in Belgium.
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Carl J. Strikwerda
Carl J. Strikwerda (born 1952) is an American historian, and president of Elizabethtown College.
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Coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground.
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Communist Party of Belgium
Communist Party of Belgium (Kommunistische Partij van België, Parti Communiste de Belgique) was a political party in Belgium.
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De Standaard
De Standaard (meaning The Standard in English) is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Mediahuis (formerly Corelio and VUM).
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Deindustrialization
Deindustrialization or deindustrialisation is a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity or activity in a country or region, especially heavy industry or manufacturing industry.
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Early 1980s recession
The early 1980s recession was a severe global economic recession that affected much of the developed world in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Early 1990s recession
The early 1990s recession describes the period of economic downturn affecting much of the Western world in the early 1990s.
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European debt crisis
The European debt crisis (often also referred to as the Eurozone crisis or the European sovereign debt crisis) is a multi-year debt crisis that has been taking place in the European Union since the end of 2009.
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Financial Times
The Financial Times (FT) is a Japanese-owned (since 2015), English-language international daily newspaper headquartered in London, with a special emphasis on business and economic news.
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General Federation of Belgian Labour
The General Federation of Belgian Labour (ABVV/FGTB) is a socialist national trade union federation in Belgium.
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German occupation of Belgium during World War I
The German occupation of Belgium (Occupation allemande, Duitse bezetting) of World War I was a military occupation of Belgium by the forces of the German Empire between 1914 and 1918.
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German occupation of Belgium during World War II
The German occupation of Belgium (Occupation allemande, Duitse bezetting) during World War II began on 28 May 1940 when the Belgian army surrendered to German forces and lasted until Belgium's liberation by the Western Allies between September 1944 and February 1945.
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.
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Great Recession
The Great Recession was a period of general economic decline observed in world markets during the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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History of Europe
The history of Europe covers the peoples inhabiting Europe from prehistory to the present.
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Jean-Luc Dehaene
Jean Luc Joseph Marie "Jean-Luc" Dehaene (7 August 1940 – 15 May 2014) was a Belgian politician who served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999.
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Labour movement
The labour movement or labor movement consists of two main wings, the trade union movement (British English) or labor union movement (American English), also called trade unionism or labor unionism on the one hand, and the political labour movement on the other.
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Le Chapelier Law 1791
The Le Chapelier Law (Loi Le Chapelier) was a piece of legislation passed by the National Assembly during the first phase of the French Revolution (14 June 1791), banning guilds as the early version of trade unions, as well as compagnonnage (by organizations such as the Compagnons du Tour de France) and the right to strike, and proclaiming free enterprise as the norm.
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Leopold III of Belgium
Leopold III (3 November 1901 – 25 September 1983) reigned as the fourth King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of the heir apparent, his son Baudouin.
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Maastricht Treaty
The Treaty on European Union (TEU; also referred to as the Treaty of Maastricht is one of two treaties forming the constitutional basis of the European Union (EU), the other being the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU; also referred to as the Treaty of Rome). The TEU was originally signed on 7 February 1992 by the members of the European Community in Maastricht, Netherlands to further European integration. On 9–10 December 1991, the same city hosted the European Council which drafted the treaty. Upon its entry into force on 1 November 1993 during the Delors Commission, it created the three pillars structure of the European Union and led to the creation of the single European currency, the euro. TEU comprised two novel titles respectively on Common Foreign and Security Policy and Cooperation in the Fields of Justice and Home Affairs, which replaced the former informal intergovernmental cooperation bodies named TREVI and European Political Cooperation on EU Foreign policy coordination. In addition TEU also comprised three titles which amended the three pre-existing community treaties: Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community which had its abbreviation renamed from TEEC to TEC (being known as TFEU since 2007). The Maastricht Treaty (TEU) and all pre-existing treaties, has subsequently been further amended by the treaties of Amsterdam (1997), Nice (2001) and Lisbon (2009).
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Michel Government
The Michel Government is the incumbent Federal Government of Belgium formed following the 2014 Belgian government formation and sworn in on 11 October 2014.
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Misère au Borinage
Misère au Borinage (French, literally "Poverty in the Borinage"), also known as Borinage, was a 1934 Belgian documentary film directed by Henri Storck and Joris Ivens.
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Plural voting
Plural voting is the practice whereby one person might be able to vote multiple times in an election.
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Popular Front (France)
The Popular Front (Front populaire) was an alliance of left-wing movements, including the French Communist Party (PCF), the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and the Radical and Socialist Party, during the interwar period.
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Port of Antwerp
The Port of Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium, is a port in the heart of Europe accessible to capesize ships.
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Retirement age
This article lists the statutory retirement age in different countries.
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Royal Question
The Royal Question (Question royale, Koningskwestie) was a major political crisis in Belgium that lasted from 1945 to 1951, coming to a head between March and August 1950.
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Sliding wage scale
The sliding wage scale consists in increasing the wages as the prices rise in order to maintain the purchasing power of the workers even if there is inflation.
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Socialism
Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production as well as the political theories and movements associated with them.
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Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española),Also known as The Crusade (La Cruzada) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War (Cuarta Guerra Carlista) among Carlists, and The Rebellion (La Rebelión) or Uprising (Sublevación) among Republicans.
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Strike of the 100,000
The Strike of the 100,000 (Grève des 100 000) was an 8-day strike in German-occupied Belgium which took place from 10–18 May 1941.
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Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).
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Trade union
A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.
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Unitary Law
The Law on Economic Growth, Social Progress and Fiscal Redressment (Loi d'expansion économique, de progrès social et de redressement financier, wet voor de economische expansie, de sociale vooruitgang en het financieel herstel), better known as the Unitary Law (Loi unique or Eenheidswet), was a Belgian law passed in 1961.
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Universal manhood suffrage
Universal manhood suffrage is a form of voting rights in which all adult males within a political system are allowed to vote, regardless of income, property, religion, race, or any other qualification.
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Verhofstadt II Government
The Verhofstadt II Government was the federal government of Belgium from 12 July 2003 to 21 December 2007.
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Wallonia
Wallonia (Wallonie, Wallonie(n), Wallonië, Walonreye, Wallounien) is a region of Belgium.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_strikes_in_Belgium
