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