Editing Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats

{{Short description|Political party from Flanders, Belgium}}
{{Redirect|VLD}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox political party
| colorcode        = {{Political party data|color}}
| name             = Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats
| native_name      = {{langx|nl|Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten}}
| abbreviation     = Open Vld
| logo             = Open VLD.svg
| leader1_title    = President
| leader1_name     = [[Eva De Bleeker]]<br>[[Alexander De Croo]] (vice-president)
| foundation       = {{start date and age|1992}} (VLD)<br />{{start date and age|2007}} (Open Vld)
| predecessor      = [[Party for Freedom and Progress]]
| merger           = VLD, [[Liberal Appeal|LA]], [[Vivant]] (Open Vld)
| headquarters     = Melsensstraat 34 Brussels
| membership_year  = 2018
| membership       = {{decrease}} 60,000<ref>{{cite news|url=http://deredactie.be/permalink/1.2133806|title= Open VLD heeft de meeste leden en steekt CD&V voorbij|publisher=deredactie.be|date=30 October 2014}}</ref>
| ideology         = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 | [[Liberalism]] ([[Liberalism in Belgium|Belgian]])
 | [[Pro-Europeanism]]
}}
| position         = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
| international    = [[Liberal International]]
| european         = [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
| europarl         = [[Renew Europe]]
| regional         = [[Benelux Parliament|Liberal Group]]
| affiliation1_title = Francophone counterpart
| affiliation1     = [[Mouvement Réformateur|Reformist Movement]]
| affiliation2_title = Germanophone counterpart
| affiliation2     = [[Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt|Party for Freedom and Progress]]
| seats1_title     = [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]]
| seats1           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house|constituency=87|percent=yes}} <!-- Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1160192 -->{{small|(Flemish seats)}}
| seats2_title     = [[Senate (Belgium)|Senate]]
| seats2           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-upper-house|constituency=35|percent=yes}} <!--  Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1160192 -->{{small|(Flemish seats)}}
| seats3_title     = [[Flemish Parliament]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|9|124|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region|Brussels Parliament]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|2|17|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}{{small|(Flemish seats)}}
| seats5_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats5           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP|percent=yes}} <!-- Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1160192 -->{{small|([[Dutch-speaking electoral college|Flemish seats]])}}
| seats6_title     = [[Provinces of Belgium|Flemish Provincial Councils]]
| seats6           = {{Composition bar|13|175|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| seats7_title     = [[Benelux Parliament]]
| seats7           = {{Composition bar|2|21|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| colours          = {{Color box|{{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}|border=darkgray}} [[Blue]]
| website          = {{Political party data|website}}
| country          = Belgium
}}

The '''Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats'''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gijs |first1=Camille |last2=Moens |first2=Barbara |title=Flemish liberal Alexander De Croo to be appointed Belgium's prime minister |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/flemish-liberal-alexander-de-croo-to-be-appointed-belgiums-prime-minister/ |website=[[Politico]] |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en |date=30 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bock |first1=Pauline |title=Why did it take so long to form Belgium's new 'Vivaldi' coalition? |url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/10/07/belgium-s-new-government-why-did-the-vivaldi-coalition-take-so-long-to-form |website=[[Euronews]] |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en |date=7 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Barbiroglio |first1=Emanuela |title=Masks Will Be Next Challenge For Belgium In COVID-19 Second Phase |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/emanuelabarbiroglio/2020/05/08/the-next-challenge-in-covid-19-second-phase-for-belgium-masks/ |website=[[Forbes]] |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en |date=8 May 2020}}</ref> ({{Langx|nl|Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten}}, {{IPA|nl|ˈoːpə(ɱ) ˈvlaːmsə libəˈraːlən ɛn deːmoːˈkraːtə(n), -lə ʔɛn -||Nl-Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten.ogg}}, '''Open Vld''') is a Flemish [[Liberalism|liberal]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Terry |first=Chris |date=2014-02-06 |title=Flemish Liberals and Democrats |url=http://www.demsoc.org/2014/02/06/flemish-liberals-and-democrats/ |access-date=2018-10-05 |publisher=The Democratic Society}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Nordsieck |first=Wolfram |date=2019 |title=Flanders/Belgium |url=http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/flanders.html |access-date=2019-05-30 |website=Parties and Elections in Europe}}</ref><ref name="Slomp2011">{{cite book |author=Hans Slomp |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LmfAPmwE6YYC&pg=PA465 |title=Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-313-39182-8 |page=465}}</ref><ref name="StarkeKaasch2013">{{cite book |author1=Peter Starke |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BtMQsESYcWwC&pg=PA192 |title=The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis |author2=Alexandra Kaasch |author3=Franca Van Hooren |year=2013 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-1-137-31484-0 |page=192}}</ref> [[political party]] in Belgium. The party has been described as [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]]<ref name="Colomer2008">{{cite book |author=Josep M. Colomer |author-link1=Josep Colomer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6S5JJkjpzf8C&pg=PA220 |title=Comparative European Politics |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-203-12362-1 |page=220}}</ref> and has smaller factions within the party that have [[Conservative liberalism|conservative liberal]]<ref name="Slomp2011" /><ref name="StarkeKaasch2013" /><ref name="Spierings2019">{{cite book|author1=Niels Spierings|author2=Marcel Lubbers|author3=Andrej Zaslove|chapter=Sexually modern nativist voters: do they exist, and do they vote for the populist radical right?|editor1=Cynthia Miller-Idriss|editor2=Hilary Pilkington|title=Gender and the Radical and Extreme Right: Mechanisms of Transmission and the Role of Educational Interventions|publisher= Routledge|year=2019|isbn= 9780429812699|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nureDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT100|page=100}}</ref> and [[social liberalism|social liberal]] views.{{cn|date=October 2024}} The party is a member of the [[Benelux Parliament|Liberal Group]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Politieke fracties |url=https://www.beneluxparl.eu/nl/politieke-fracties/ |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=[[Benelux Parliament]] |language=nl}}</ref> [[Renew Europe]], and [[Liberal International]].

The party was created in 1992 from the former bilingual [[Party for Freedom and Progress]] (PVV) and politicians from other parties after Belgium was reconstituted as a federal state based on language, with the French-speaking faction forming the [[Mouvement Réformateur|Reformist Movement]] (MR) in Wallonia. The party led the government for three cabinets under [[Guy Verhofstadt]] from 1999 until March 2008. Open Vld then formed the Federal Government (the so-called "Swedish government") with [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]], [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]] and Mouvement Réformateur.

In the [[Flemish Parliament]], the VLD formed a [[coalition government]] with sp.a-Spirit and [[Christian Democratic and Flemish]] (CD&V) from after the [[2004 Belgian regional elections|2004 regional election]] until the [[2009 Belgian regional elections|2009 regional election]]. Open Vld has been a member of the [[Leterme I Government]] formed on 22 March 2008, the [[Van Rompuy I Government]] formed on 2 January 2009, the [[Leterme II Government]] formed on 24 November 2009 and the [[Di Rupo Government]] formed on 6 December 2011.

Ideologically, Open Vld started as an [[economic liberalism|economically liberal]]<ref name="BanchoffSmith1999">{{cite book|author1=Thomas Banchoff|author2=Mitchell Smith|title=Legitimacy and the European Union: The Contested Polity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgvLEFPY8l4C&pg=PA123|year=1999|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-18188-4|page=123}}</ref> and somewhat libertarian [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] party under its founder, [[Guy Verhofstadt]], which mirrored some of the original ideology of the PVV. The VLD rapidly became more [[centrism|centrist]] and gave up much of its [[free market]] approach, partly under the influence of Verhofstadt's political scientist brother [[Dirk Verhofstadt]]. However, the VLD continued to contain conservative-libertarian and classical liberal wings with ties to think-tanks like [[Nova Civitas]]. Party chairman [[Bart Somers]] called in November 2006 for a "revolution" within the party, saying that "a liberal party", like the VLD, "can be only progressive and social".<ref>{{cite news|title=Somers wil revolutie binnen de VLD|url=http://nieuws.skynet.be/?l1=actuality&l2=news&l3=homepage&l4=detail&id=149570&new_lang=nl|publisher=Belga|date=4 November 2006|language=nl}}</ref>

From 2000 to 2004, during the second period of its participation in the Belgian federal government and under [[List of Prime Ministers of Belgium|Belgian Prime Minister]] Guy Verhofstadt, the VLD allegedly lost most of its ideological appeal. Several of its thinkers such as (former member) [[Boudewijn Bouckaert]], president of [[Nova Civitas]], heavily criticized the party. Many others, particularly from the party's conservative and Flemish autonomist wing, resented the priority it placed on the 'Belgian compromise', which enabled the [[French Community of Belgium|French Community]]'s Socialist Party to gain a dominant position in the formulation of Belgian federal government policy.

In 2004, the VLD teamed up with the minority social-liberal party [[Vivant]] for both the Flemish and [[European elections]]. VLD-Vivant lost the elections to arch rivals CD&V and the [[Vlaams Blok|Flemish Bloc]]. The VLD fell from second to third place among the Flemish political parties, slipping narrowly behind the sp.a-Spirit cartel. Internal feuds, the support for electoral rights for immigrants and an unsuccessful economic policy were seen as the main reasons for its election defeat. From 2007, the party kept having electoral difficulties, first due to competition from split-off [[Libertair, Direct, Democratisch|List Dedecker]] and after 2010 from the liberal-conservative Flemish-nationalist party [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]].

==History==
The VLD has its origins in the [[Party for Freedom and Progress]] (which in turn was a successor to the [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]), a bilingual party which stood in both the Flemish and Walloon regions of Belgium. As such the liberal party is the oldest political party of Belgium. In 1846, [[Walthère Frère-Orban]] succeeded in creating a political program which could unite several liberal groups into one party. Before 1960, the [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]] of Belgium was barely organised. The school pact of 1958, as a result of which the most important argument for the traditional [[anti-clericalism]] was removed, gave the necessary impetus for a thorough renewal. During the liberal party congress of 1961, the Liberal Party was reformed into the bilingual [[Party for Freedom and Progress]] (PVV-PLP), and [[Omer Vanaudenhove]] became the chairman of the new party. The new liberal party, which struggled with an anti-clerical image, opened its doors for believers, but wasn't too concerned about the situation of workers and primarily defended the interests of employers. It is a central principle of Classical Liberalism that employers and employees do NOT have opposed long term interests.

In the late 1960s and the early 1970s, the tensions between the different communities in Belgium rose and there were disagreements within the liberal movement as well. In 1972, the unitary PVV-PLP was split into separate a [[Flanders|Flemish]] and a [[French Community of Belgium|Francophone]] parties. On Flemish side, under the guidance of [[Frans Grootjans]], [[Herman Vanderpoorten]] and [[Willy De Clercq]], the PVV was created, on Walloon side [[Milou Jeunehomme]] became the head of the PLP and Brussels got its own but totally disintegrated liberal party landscape. Willy De Clercq became the first chairman of the independent Party of Freedom and Progress ({{langx|nl|Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang}}, PVV). De Clercq, together with Frans Grootjans and Herman Vanderpoorten, set out the lines for the new party. This reform was coupled an Ethical Congress, on which the PVV adopted very progressive and tolerant stances regarding abortion, [[euthanasia]], [[adultery]], homosexuality and [[gender equality]].

In 1982, the 29-year-old reformer [[Guy Verhofstadt]] became the chairman of the party, and even was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget from 1986 to 1988. [[Annemie Neyts]] succeeded him as chairman, becoming the first female party chairman. In 1989, Verhofstadt once more became the chairman of the PVV, after his party had been condemned to the opposition by the [[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|Christian People's Party]] (CVP) in 1987.

In 1992, the PVV was reformed into the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (''Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten'', VLD) under the impulse of Verhofstadt. Although the VLD was the successor of the PVV, many politicians with democratic nationalist or socialist roots joined the new party. Notable examples are [[Jaak Gabriëls]], then-president of the Flemish [[People's Union (Belgium)|People's Union]], and [[Hugo Coveliers]]. From the early 1990s, the VLD advanced in every election, only to get in government following the [[1999 Belgian general election|1999 general election]] when the VLD became the largest party. Guy Verhofstadt became [[Prime Minister of Belgium|Prime Minister]] and [[Patrick Dewael]] became [[List of Minister-Presidents of Flanders|Minister-President of Flanders]]. They were both at the head of a coalition of liberals, social democrats and [[green politics|greens]].

===2007 elections===
Before the [[2007 Belgian general election|2007 general election]], the VLD participated in a cartel with [[Vivant]] and [[Liberal Appeal]]. In February 2007, it decided to cease the cartel and start operating under the name '''Open VLD'''. On the 10 June 2007 [[2007 Belgian general election|general elections]], Open VLD won 18 out of 150 seats in the [[Belgian Chamber of Representatives|Chamber of Representatives]] and five out of 40 seats in the [[Belgian Senate|Senate]].

===2010 elections===
In the [[2010 Belgian general election|2010 general election]], Open VLD won 13 out of 150 seats in the [[Belgian Chamber of Representatives|Chamber of Representatives]]. After the long [[2010–2011 Belgian government formation|government formation process]], on 6 December 2011 the [[Di Rupo Government]] was formed, with Open VLD one of the six constituent parties.

==Ideology and support==
{{liberalism sidebar}}
At its inception, the Open VLD was a [[classical liberal]] and somewhat [[right-libertarian]] party with support for free-markets and deregulation. Former party leader Guy Verhofstadt was compared to [[Margaret Thatcher]] in his beliefs during his time as party chairman. In the 1990s, the party switched from a libertarian to a more [[socially liberal]] position under [[Bart Somers]]. Some of the party's ideological influences have been [[Karl Popper]], [[John Stuart Mill]], [[Thomas Paine]], [[Amartya Sen]] and [[Martha Nussbaum]]. The party also contained members from both social democratic and Flemish nationalist liberal-conservative backgrounds who have influenced the VLD's course, such as former [[Volksunie]] leader [[Jaak Gabriëls]] and [[Hugo Coveliers]] falling into the latter camp. Others had ties to the conservative-libertarian organization [[Nova Civitas]], and were open to working with the [[Vlaams Blok]] and later [[Vlaams Belang]] party, although this was strongly opposed by the party leadership as a whole. Presently, the Open VLD retains an economically liberal position by supporting lower taxes and private property ownership while also closing tax loopholes. It supports a Canadian model of migration and for a more inclusive society towards immigrants, but claims not to endorse open borders and wants quicker deportation of illegal immigrants. It also retains a socially liberal stance on matters such as same-sex marriage, LGBT rights and introducing a [[third gender]] option on official documents, but also believes the government shouldn't interfere with matters related to sexuality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.openvld.be/standpunten/gelijke-kansen/|title=Gelijke kansen|language=nl|website=www2.openvld.be}}</ref> For a period, the party was considered the main centre-right rival to the Christian Democratic [[CD&V]] in the Flemish region and saw its highest period of support in the late 1990s and early 2000s. However, the emergence of the Flemish nationalist [[N-VA]] party and the [[Libertarian, Direct, Democratic|LDD]] drew some of the party's conservative leaning voters away and contributed to a decline in votes. Ideological disputes also caused some of the party's more conservative and traditionalist libertarian wing such as [[Boudewijn Bouckaert]], [[Jean-Marie Dedecker]] and [[Hugo Coveliers]] to leave the party. Dedecker later founded the LDD and Coveliers [[VLOTT]] while others joined the N-VA.<ref name="BanchoffSmith1999"/>

In 2024, Open VLD (along with MR) blocked Belgium from [[International recognition of the State of Palestine|recognizing]] the [[State of Palestine]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Brussels |title=Belgium fails to reach agreement on recognising Palestinian state |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/1056898/belgium-fails-to-reach-agreement-on-recognising-palestinian-state |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=www.brusselstimes.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Representation in EU institutions==
The party is fairly [[Pro-Europeanism|pro-European]],<ref name="Almeida107">{{cite book|first=Dimitri |last=Almeida |title=The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties: Beyond the Permissive Consensus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oD7bKbo0FYEC&pg=PA107|date=2012-04-27|publisher=Routledge|page=107|isbn=9781136340390 }}</ref> and sits in the [[Renew Europe]] group with two MEPs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Hilde VAUTMANS {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/130100/HILDE_VAUTMANS/home|access-date=2021-03-04|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Guy VERHOFSTADT {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/97058/GUY_VERHOFSTADT/home|access-date=2021-03-04|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|language=en}}</ref>

Then-Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt (VLD) was rejected as a candidate for the presidency of the [[European Commission]] in June 2004.

In the [[European Committee of the Regions]], Open VLD sits in the [[Renew Europe in the European Committee of the Regions|Renew Europe CoR group]], with two alternate members for the 2020-2025 mandate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Page CoR|url=https://memberspage.cor.europa.eu/#/?mandate=mem&language=en&country=BE&politicalgroup=2020112&v=1614870966304}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Page CoR|url=https://memberspage.cor.europa.eu/#/?mandate=alt&language=en&country=BE&politicalgroup=2020112&v=1614869974715}}</ref> Jean-Luc Vanraes is Coordinator in the CIVEX Commission.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Coordinators|url=https://reneweurope-cor.eu/coordinators/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Renew Europe CoR|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Members holding notable public offices ==
=== European politics ===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background: #003399;" colspan="2"|[[European Parliament|<span style="color:white;">European Parliament</span>]]
|-
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Name
!style="background:LightGrey;"|[[Committees of the European Parliament|Committees]]
|-
|[[Guy Verhofstadt]]
|Constitutional Affairs <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/97058/GUY_VERHOFSTADT/home|title = Home &#124; Guy VERHOFSTADT &#124; MEPs &#124; European Parliament}}</ref>
|-
|[[Hilde Vautmans]]
|Foreign Affairs<br>Women's Rights and Gender Equality <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/130100/HILDE_VAUTMANS/home|title = Home &#124; Hilde VAUTMANS &#124; MEPs &#124; European Parliament}}</ref>
|}

=== Federal politics ===
<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:green;" colspan="4"|[[Belgian Chamber of Representatives|<span style="color:black;">Chamber of Representatives</span>]]
|-
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Name !! style="background:LightGrey;"|Notes !! style="background:LightGrey;"|Name !! style="background:LightGrey;"|Notes
|-
|{{flagicon|Flemish Brabant}} [[Maggie De Block]]
|Faction leader
|{{flagicon|Flemish Brabant}} [[Goedele Liekens]]
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Flemish Brabant}} Tim Vandenput
|Mayor of [[Hoeilaart]]
|{{flagicon|Limburg (Belgium)}} [[Patrick Dewael]]
|Mayor of [[Tongeren]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Antwerp}} [[Christian Leysen]]
|
|{{flagicon|Antwerp}} Marianne Verhaert
|
|-
|{{flagicon|East Flanders}} [[Egbert Lachaert]]
|Party President
|{{flagicon|East Flanders}} Tania De Jonge
|
|-
|{{flagicon|East Flanders}} [[Katja Gabriëls]]
|Mayor of [[Berlare]]
|{{flagicon|East Flanders}} [[Robby De Caluwé]]
|Mayor of [[Moerbeke]]
|-
|{{flagicon|West Flanders}} Jasper Pillen
|
|{{flagicon|West Flanders}} Kathleen Verhelst
|
|}</div><div style="float:right; width:48%;">
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:darkRed;" colspan="3"|[[Belgian Senate|<span style="color:black;">Senate</span>]]
|-
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Type !! style="background:LightGrey;"|Name !! style="background:LightGrey;"|Notes
|-
|Co-opted Senator
|{{flagicon|Flemish Brabant}} [[Rik Daems]]
|Faction leader
|-
|Community Senator
|{{flagicon|Brussels}} {{Ill|Els Ampe|nl}}
|
|-
|Community Senator
|{{flagicon|Antwerp}} [[Tom Ongena]]
|
|-
|Community Senator
|{{flagicon|Limburg (Belgium)}} [[Steven Coenegrachts]]
|-
|Community Senator
|{{flagicon|East Flanders}} [[Stephanie D'Hose]]
|President of the Senate
|}
</div>
{{clear}}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:LightGrey;" colspan="3"|[[Federal Government of Belgium|Belgian Federal]] [[De Croo Government]]
|-
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Public Office
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Name
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Function
|-
|[[Prime Minister of Belgium|Prime Minister]]
|[[Alexander De Croo]]
|
|-
|Deputy Prime Minister
|[[Vincent Van Quickenborne]]
|[[Minister of Justice (Belgium)|Justice]] and the [[North Sea]]
|-
|Secretary of State
|{{Ill|Eva de Bleeker|nl}}
|[[Minister of Budget (Belgium)|Budget]] and Consumer Protection
|}
{{clear}}

=== Regional politics ===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:Yellow;" colspan="6"|[[Flemish Parliament]]
|-
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Name !! style="background:LightGrey;"|Notes !! style="background:LightGrey;"|Name !!  style="background:LightGrey;"|Notes
|-
|{{flagicon|Antwerp}} [[Willem-Frederik Schiltz]]
|Fraction Leader
|{{flagicon|Antwerp}} [[Tom Ongena]]
|Community Senator
|-
|{{flagicon|Flemish Brabant}} [[Gwendolyn Rutten]]
|Former Party President<br>mayor of [[Aarschot]]
|{{flagicon|Flemish Brabant}} Gwenny De Vroe
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Flemish Brabant}} {{Ill|Maurits Vande Reyde|nl}}
|
|{{flagicon|Brussels}} Els Ampe
|Community Senator
|-
|{{flagicon|Limburg (Belgium)}} [[Steven Coenegrachts]]
|Community Senator
|{{flagicon|Limburg (Belgium)}} [[Marino Keulen]]
|Mayor of [[Lanaken]]
|-
|{{flagicon|East Flanders}} [[Stephanie D'Hose]]
|President of the [[Senate (Belgium)|Senate]]
|{{flagicon|East Flanders}} [[Jean-Jacques De Gucht]]
|Son of [[Karel De Gucht]]
|-
|{{flagicon|East Flanders}} Freya Saeys
|
|{{flagicon|East Flanders}} Bart Van Hulle
|
|-
|{{flagicon|West Flanders}} [[Bart Tommelein]]
|Former [[Flemish Government|Flemish minister]]<br>mayor of [[Ostend]]
|{{flagicon|West Flanders}} Emmily Talpe
|Mayor of [[Ypres]]
|}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:LightGrey;" colspan="3"|[[Flemish Government]] [[Jambon Government|Jambon]]
|-
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Public Office
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Name
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Function
|-
|Vice [[Minister-President of Flanders|Minister-President]]
|[[Bart Somers]]
|Internal Affairs, Administrative Affairs, Integration, and Equal Opportunities
|-
|Minister
|Lydia Peeters
|Mobility and Public Works
|}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:LightBlue;" colspan="4"|[[Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region]]
|-
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Name !! style="background:LightGrey;"|Notes
|-
|Carla Dejonghe
|Faction Leader
|-
|[[Guy Vanhengel]]
|Former federal minister
|-
|Khadija Zamouri
|
|}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:LightGrey;" colspan="3"|[[Politics and Government of the Brussels-Capital Region|Brussels Regional Government]] [[Government of the Brussels-Capital Region#Composition 2019–present|Vervoort II]]
|-
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Public Office
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Name
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Function
|-
|Minister
|[[Sven Gatz]]
|Finance, Budget, Civil Service, Promotion of Multilingualism, Tourism, Statistics, Urbanism, Heritage, the image of [[Brussels]] and bicultural issues of regional importance
|}

=== Provincial politics ===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:LightGrey;" colspan=3|[[Provinces of Belgium|Provincial]] Council
|-
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Province
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Percentage
!style="background:LightGrey;"|Seats
|-
|[[File:BelgiumAntwerp.png|40px|Antwerp]] [[Antwerp (province)|Antwerp]]
|4.7%
|{{composition bar|0|36|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
|-
|[[File:BelgiumLimburg.png|40px|Limburg]] [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]]
|12.7%
|{{composition bar|3|31|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
|-
|[[File:BelgiumEastFlanders.png|40px|East Flanders]] [[East Flanders]]
|11.3%
|{{composition bar|4|36|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
|-
|[[File:BelgiumFlemishBrabant.png|40px|Flemish Brabant]] [[Flemish Brabant]]
|10.7%
|{{composition bar|4|36|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
|-
|[[File:BelgiumWestFlanders.png|40px|West Flanders]] [[West Flanders]]
|8%
|{{composition bar|2|36|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
|}

==Election results==
===Chamber of Representatives===
[[File:Kamer-1978-2014.png|thumb|300px|The main six Flemish political parties and their results for the Chamber of Representatives. From 1978 to 2014, in percentages for the complete 'Kingdom'.]]
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/-
! Government
|-
! rowspan=2| [[1971 Belgian general election|1971]]
| rowspan=2| 392,130
| rowspan=2| 7.4
| rowspan=2| {{Composition bar|19|212|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| rowspan=2| 
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1971-1973)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1973-1974)}}}}
|-
! [[1974 Belgian general election|1974]]{{efn|name=PRL|In coalition with [[Liberal Reformist Party (Belgium)|Liberal Reformist Party]]}}
| 798,818
| 15.2
| {{Composition bar|21|212|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[1977 Belgian general election|1977]]
| 475,917
| 8.5
| {{Composition bar|17|212|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! rowspan=3| [[1978 Belgian general election|1978]]
| rowspan=3| 573,387
| rowspan=3| 10.4
| rowspan=3| {{Composition bar|22|212|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| rowspan=3| {{increase}} 5
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1978-1980)}}}}
|-
| {{yes2|Coalition {{small|(1980)}}}}
|-
| {{no2|Opposition {{small|(1980-1981)}}}}
|-
! [[1981 Belgian general election|1981]]
| 776,871
| 12.9
| {{Composition bar|28|212|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 6
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[1985 Belgian general election|1985]]
| 651,806
| 10.7
| {{Composition bar|22|212|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[1987 Belgian general election|1987]]
| 709,758
| 11.5
| {{Composition bar|25|212|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 3
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1991 Belgian general election|1991]]
| 738,016
| 12.0
| {{Composition bar|26|212|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1995 Belgian federal election|1995]]
| 798,363
| 13.1
| {{Composition bar|21|150|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 5
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1999 Belgian federal election|1999]]
| 888,973
| 14.3
| {{Composition bar|23|150|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2003 Belgian federal election|2003]]
| 1,009,223
| 15.4
| {{Composition bar|25|150|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2007 Belgian federal election|2007]]
| 789,445
| 11.8
| {{Composition bar|18|150|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 7
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2010 Belgian federal election|2010]]
| 563,873
| 8.6
| {{Composition bar|13|150|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 5
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2014 Belgian federal election|2014]]
| 659,582
| 9.8
| {{Composition bar|14|150|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2019 Belgian federal election|2019]]
| 579,334
| 8.5
| {{Composition bar|12|150|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2024 Belgian federal election|2024]]
| 380,659
| 5.5
| {{Composition bar|8|150|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|}

===Senate===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/-
|-
! [[1971 Belgian general election|1971]]{{efn|name=PRL}}
| 776,514
| 14.9
| {{Composition bar|6|106|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| 
|-
! [[1974 Belgian general election|1974]]{{efn|name=PRL}}
| 755,694
| 14.6
| {{Composition bar|10|106|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 4
|-
! [[1977 Belgian general election|1977]]
| 472,645
| 8.5
| {{Composition bar|9|106|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
! [[1978 Belgian general election|1978]]
| 572,535
| 10.4
| {{Composition bar|11|106|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
|-
! [[1981 Belgian general election|1981]]
| 781,137
| 13.1
| {{Composition bar|14|106|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 3
|-
! [[1985 Belgian general election|1985]]
| 637,776
| 10.5
| {{Composition bar|11|106|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 3
|-
! [[1987 Belgian general election|1987]]
| 686,440
| 11.3
| {{Composition bar|11|106|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[1991 Belgian general election|1991]]
| 713,542
| 11.7
| {{Composition bar|13|106|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
|-
! [[1995 Belgian federal election|1995]]
| 796,154
| 13.3
| {{Composition bar|6|40|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 7
|-
! [[1999 Belgian federal election|1999]]
| 952,116
| 15.4
| {{Composition bar|6|40|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[2003 Belgian federal election|2003]]
| 1,007,868
| 15.4
| {{Composition bar|7|40|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
|-
! [[2007 Belgian federal election|2007]]
| 821,980
| 12.4
| {{Composition bar|5|40|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
! [[2010 Belgian federal election|2010]]
| 533,124
| 8.24
| {{Composition bar|4|40|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
! 2014
| N/A
| N/A
| {{Composition bar|5|60|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
|}

===Regional===
====Brussels Parliament====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! rowspan=2| Election
! rowspan=2| Votes
! colspan=2| %
! rowspan=2| Seats
! rowspan=2| +/-
! rowspan=2| Government
|-
! {{abbr|D.E.C.|Dutch electoral college}}
! Overall
|-
! [[1989 Belgian regional elections|1989]]
| 12,143
| bgcolor="lightgrey"|
| 2.8 (#8)
| {{Composition bar|2|75|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
|
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1995 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Parliament|1995]]
| 11,034
| bgcolor="lightgrey"|
| 2.7 (#8)
| {{Composition bar|2|75|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1999 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Parliament|1999]]{{efn|In coalition with [[People's Union (Belgium)|VU]]}}
| 13,729
| 22.7 (#3)
| 3.2 (#7)
| {{Composition bar|2|75|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2004 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Parliament|2004]]{{efn|name=VI}}
| 12,433
| 19.9 (#2)
| 2.7 (#7)
| {{Composition bar|4|89|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2009 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Parliament|2009]]
| 11,957
| 23.1 (#1)
| 2.6 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|4|89|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2014 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Parliament|2014]]
| 14,296
| 26.7 (#1)
| 3.1 (#7)
| {{Composition bar|5|89|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2019 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Parliament|2019]]
| 11,051
| 15.8 (#3)
| 2.4 (#9)
| {{Composition bar|3|89|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2024 Belgian regional elections#Brussels Parliament|2024]]
| 8,537
| 10.6 (#4)
| 1.7 (#10)
| {{Composition bar|2|89|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{TBA}}
|}

====Flemish Parliament====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/-
! Government
|-
! [[1995 Belgian regional elections#Flemish Parliament|1995]]
| 761,262
| 20.2 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|26|124|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
|
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1999 Belgian regional elections#Flemish Parliament|1999]]
| 855,867
| 21.7 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|27|124|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2004 Belgian regional elections#Flemish Parliament|2004]]{{efn|name=VI|In coalition with [[Vivant]]}}
| 804,578
| 19.8 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|25|124|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2009 Belgian regional elections#Flemish Parliament|2009]]
| 616,610
| 15.0 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|21|124|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2014 Belgian regional elections#Flemish Parliament|2014]]
| 594,469
| 14.2 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|19|124|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2019 Belgian regional elections#Flemish Parliament|2019]]
| 556,630
| 13.1 (#4)
| {{Composition bar|16|124|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 3
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2024 Belgian regional elections#Flemish Parliament|2024]]
| 364,609
| 8.3 (#5)
| {{Composition bar|9|124|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 7
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|}

=== Provincial councils ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Councilors
! +/-
|-
! [[1994 Belgian local elections|1994]]
| 708,769
|
| {{Composition bar|84|401|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
|
|-
! [[2000 Belgian local elections#Provinces|2000]]
| 909,428
|
| {{Composition bar|106|411|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{increase}} 22
|-
! [[2006 Belgian local elections#Provinces|2006]]
| 745,952
| 18.9
| {{Composition bar|80|411|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{Decrease}} 26
|-
! [[2012 Belgian local elections#Provincial elections|2012]]
| 595,932
| 14.6
| {{Composition bar|54|351|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 26
|-
! [[2018 Belgian local elections#Provincial elections|2018]]
| 570,601
| 13.7
| {{Composition bar|23|175|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 31
|}

===European Parliament===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2| Election
! rowspan=2| List leader
! rowspan=2| Votes
! colspan=2| %
! rowspan=2| Seats
! rowspan=2| +/-
! rowspan=2| EP Group
|-
! {{abbr|D.E.C.|Dutch electoral college}}
! Overall
|-
! [[1994 European Parliament election in Belgium|1994]]
| [[Willy De Clercq]]
| 678,421
| 18.36 (#2)
| 11.37
| {{Composition bar|3|25|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| New
| rowspan=2| [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group|ELDR]]
|-
! [[1999 European Parliament election in Belgium|1999]]
| [[Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck]]
| 847,099
| 21.88 (#2)
| 13.61
| {{Composition bar|3|25|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[2004 European Parliament election in Belgium|2004]]{{efn|name=VI}}
| rowspan=4| [[Guy Verhofstadt]]
| 880,279
| 21.91 (#2)
| 13.56
| {{Composition bar|3|24|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| rowspan=3| [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe|ALDE]]
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in Belgium|2009]]
| 837,834
| 20.56 (#2)
| 12.75
| {{Composition bar|3|22|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Belgium|2014]]
| 858,872
| 20.40 (#2)
| 12.84
| {{Composition bar|3|21|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in Belgium|2019]]
| 678,051
| 15.95 (#3)
| 10.07
| {{Composition bar|2|21|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| rowspan=2| [[Renew Europe|RE]]
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in Belgium|2024]]
| [[Hilde Vautmans]]
| 410,743
| 9.11 (#4)
| 5.76
| {{Composition bar|1|22|hex={{party color|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
|}
{{notelist}}

==International==
The party is a member of the [[Liberal International]], which was co-chaired by [[Annemie Neyts]], member of Open VLD.

==Presidents==
* 1992–1995 [[Guy Verhofstadt]]
* 1995–1997 [[Herman De Croo]]
* 1997–1999 [[Guy Verhofstadt]]
* 1999–2004 [[Karel De Gucht]]
* 2004 [[Dirk Sterckx]]
* 2004–2009 [[Bart Somers]]
* 2009 [[Guy Verhofstadt]]
* 2009–2012 [[Alexander De Croo]]
* 2012 [[Vincent Van Quickenborne]]
* 2012–2020 [[Gwendolyn Rutten]]
* 2020–2023 [[Egbert Lachaert]]
* 2023–2024 [[Tom Ongena]]
* 2024– [[Eva De Bleeker]]

==Notable members==
* [[Maggie De Block]], Minister of Social Affairs and Health
* [[Fons Borginon]], former VLD [[floor leader]] in the [[Belgian Parliament|Belgian Chamber of Representatives]]
* {{Ill|Patricia Ceysens|nl}}, former Flemish Minister of the Economy and former VLD floor leader in the [[Flemish Parliament]]
* [[Karel De Gucht]], former party leader and former Minister of Foreign Affairs
* [[Patrick Dewael]], former minister-president of Flanders and former Minister of Internal Affairs
* [[Margriet Hermans]], former member of the Flemish Parliament and senator
* [[Marino Keulen]], former Flemish Minister of Integration
* [[Goedele Liekens]], sexologist and TV presenter
* [[Fientje Moerman]], former vice-minister-president of Flanders
* [[Annemie Neyts]], former party leader, former chairwoman of the [[Liberal International]] and former party leader of the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|ELDR]] Party.
* [[Karel Poma]], former minister and member of parliament
* [[Bart Somers]], former minister-president of Flanders and former party leader
* [[Bart Tommelein]], Flemish Deputy Minister-President and Flemish Minister of Budget, Finance and Energy
* [[Jef Valkeniers]], doctor and politician
* [[Dirk Van Mechelen]], former Flemish Minister of Finance and Budget and Town and Country Planning
* [[Vincent Van Quickenborne]], former minister of economy, also responsible for the simplification of the administration
* [[Guy Vanhengel]], Brussels Minister of Finance and Budget
* [[Guy Verhofstadt]], former party leader and former prime minister
* [[Marc Verwilghen]], former minister of the Economy, Trade, Science and Energy

==Notable former members==
* [[Boudewijn Bouckaert]], a former VLD board member who left the party subsequently to Dedecker's exclusion, believing the party turned "left-liberal". He and Dedecker are founders of a new political party, List Dedecker, later renamed [[Libertair, Direct, Democratisch|Libertarian, Direct, Democratic]].
* [[Hugo Coveliers]], left the VLD to found his own political party [[VLOTT]].
* [[Jean-Marie Dedecker]], was excluded from the VLD after several conflicts with the top of the party. He asked for an economic policy more in favour of free markets and limited government and believed that the party was too closely aligned with the Socialists. He founded the List Dedecker party, later [[Libertair, Direct, Democratisch|Libertarian, Direct, Democratic]].
* {{Ill|Leo Govaerts|nl}}, left the VLD to found his own political party Veilig Blauw (''Safe Blue'').
* [[Ward Beysen]], left the VLD to found his own political party [[Liberal Appeal]].
* [[Sihame El Kaouakibi]], left the VLD after claims of embezzlement.

==See also==
* [[Contributions to liberal theory]]
* [[Liberaal Vlaams Verbond]] (LVV)
* [[LVSV|Liberal Flemish Students' Union]]
* [[Liberal Archive (Belgium)|Liberal Archive]]
* [[Liberal democracy]]
* [[Liberales]]
* [[Liberalism]]
* [[Liberalism in Belgium]]
* [[Liberalism worldwide]]
* [[List of liberal parties]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commonscatinline}}
* {{Official website|http://www.vld.be/ }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022034549/http://www.jongvld.be/ jongvld.be]
* [http://www.openvldvrouwen.be openvldvrouwen.be]

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