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4 unusual facts about Groen


Belgian federal election, 2014

In 2010, ten parties won seats in the Belgian Senate: Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V), Centre Démocrate Humaniste (CDH), Socialistische Partij Anders (sp.a), Parti Socialiste (PS), Open Vld, Mouvement Réformateur (MR), Groen, Ecolo, New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) and Vlaams Belang.

Voters who live in the provinces of Antwerp, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant, Limburg or West Flanders can only vote for CD&V, Groen, N-VA, Open Vld and Vlaams Belang, apart from the minor parties – except when a French-speaking party would present a list in one of these provinces, which has not happened yet.

Groen

Lou Groen (contemporary), American restaurateur, inventor of the Filet-O-Fish sandwich

Sara Groen (b. 1981), Australian actress and television presenter


FF Groen

At the end of 1897, FF Groen retired and passed the company on to his son, Herman Fredrik Groen van Waarder, who operated the ships himself till they were sold in 1905 to the Hamburg shipping company Eugen Cellier.

Geoffrey de Groen

At the behest of British architect John Pawson, in the late 1960s de Groen left Australia to travel abroad, teaching and exhibiting in England, France, and Canada from 1968 until 1973.

Manborg

Rick Groen of The Globe and Mail took a favourable view of Manborg, declaring it "cheap and cheesy, no doubt, but with some real tang and, occasionally, a strong bite".

Mia Van Roy

Her husband is journalist Piet Piryns and her daughter is the Groen Senator, Freya Piryns.

Richard de Groen

Richard Paul de Groen (born 5 August 1962 in Otorohanga) played five Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.

Sixth Belgian state reform

The agreement was made among the Christian-democratic CD&V and cdH, socialist sp.a and PS, liberal Open Vld and MR and ecologist Groen! and Ecolo, each respectively a Flemish and French-speaking party.

Vogels

Mieke Vogels (born 1954), Flemish politician in the environmentalist party Groen

Wouter Van Besien

He's been municipal civic office worker in Borgerhout since 2006 and followed Mieke Vogels as president of the Flemish green party Groen!.


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