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Far-Right Vlaams Belang Leads in Flanders as Belgian Political Landscape Shifts
Sunday 15 March 2020, by
While Vlaams Belang remains the leading party in Flanders in terms of voting intentions at 28%, a slight increase compared to last December (+0.7 point), Ecolo could not maintain its third place in Wallonia. This is indicated by the results of the Grand Barometer Le Soir-RTL-TVI-Ipsos-Het Laatste Nieuws-VTM.
According to this poll, the PS retains the top spot in Wallonia, gaining 1.7 points compared to the previous barometer published in December (25.5% of voting intentions against 23.8%). The MR shows consistency. The party is once again second, with 19.6% of voting intentions (20.5% in December).
The PTB, on the other hand, is making strong progress. Ahead of Ecolo, it takes third place. The Marxist party recorded 18.6% of voting intentions (+2.1 points), compared to 15.5% (-1.7 points compared to December) for the Greens. As for the cdH, it has again recorded a decline (7.5% of voting intentions). The DéFI party, for its part, is experiencing a slight progression, thus exceeding the 5% mark, with 5.1%.
In Brussels, the PS (with sp.a) is ahead of Ecolo-Groen. The Socialists recorded 20.5% of voting intentions, while the Greens came out with 20.3%, followed by the MR (17.6%), the PTB (12.2%), DéFi (10%) and the cdH (3.8%).
Vlaams Belang remains the leading party in the north of the country with 27.3% of voting intentions. They are followed by the N-VA, second, at 20.7%, with (-1.4 points) and the CD&V, third with 11.7% of voting intentions (+0.3 points). Open Vld in slight progression (10.3%, +0.4 points) followed by sp.a (9.6%), PVDA-PTB (9.3%) and Groen (8.8%) close the podium.