Belgium: social elections results show the CSC and FGTB maintaining their positions with progress being made by the liberal CGSLB

Against a backdrop of lower participation rates as compared with those in 2012 (776,867 votes for the WCs, and 856,885 for the CPPWs making a participation rate of 63.5% and 65.4% down from 70% four years ago) the liberal Christian union, CSC, confirms it lead position over the other organizations. With 91.3% of the votes counted the CSC has already garnered 50.98% of the WCs’ votes (it is expecting 55.75% at the final tally) and 51.80% of the CPPWs (it is expecting 57.97% at the final tally).