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French names for Belgian political parties #64

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Change the mixed Dutch/English names to French except for the specifically Flemish Meetingpartij and Christene Volkspartij. Change the reactionary party to 'Parti Statiste' which was the conservative faction in the Brabantian revolution of 1790.

Change the mixed Dutch/English names to French except for the Flemish Meetingpartij. Change the reactionary party to 'Parti Statiste' which was the conservative faction in the Brabantian revolution of 1790.
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moretrim commented Jan 3, 2020

I cannot comment on the history of these parties but I do have some notes on spelling:

  • I assume you want 'Parti libéral' rather than 'Parti Liberale'

Where it gets tricky though are the French typography rules. In my experience these do get preserved when they are presented in the original French inside English text. (See this Wikipedia article for instance.) You would get the following:

  • Parti libéral
  • Parti catholique
  • Parti statiste
  • Parti libertaire
  • Parti ouvrier belge
  • Parti communiste de Belgique

I cannot comment on the Flemish parties. Google suggests 'Christene Volkspartij' follows appropriate typography.

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Thanks for the corrections @moretrim, French education in Flanders isn't what it used to be :)

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moretrim commented Jan 3, 2020

Sorry, I forgot about the fascist party. Consistent with the rest:

  • Parti rexiste

Since I wasn't too sure about that one I wanted to make sure and found an occurrence through Google Scholar (in French):

Cinquante ans d’interprétation parlementaire

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Hi @halcyon-gh (and @moretrim), thanks for the pull request. Everything looks in order so kudos!

@arkhometha arkhometha merged commit 5f350a8 into arkhometha:Development Jan 19, 2020
@halcyon-gh halcyon-gh deleted the dev-bel_parties branch January 22, 2020 18:57
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