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2 unusual facts about Emile Vandervelde


Emile Vandervelde

This constitution is strongly influenced by ideas of the French socialist Jules Guesde.

Victor Serge

Pierre Laval, the French prime minister, refused to grant Serge an entry permit, but Emile Vandervelde, a veteran socialist who by then was a member of the Belgian government, managed to obtain Serge a visa to live in Belgium.


Charter of Quaregnon

Out of several ideas Emile Vandervelde chose this proposition, which was adopted on the Easter congress of the socialist party, at Quaregnon on 25-26 March 1894, and which became known as the Charter of Quaregnon.

Vandervelde metro station

It is named after the avenue it serves (Avenue Emile Vandervelde / Émile Vanderveldelaan) in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert / Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe and was opened on 7 May 1982.


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