Belgian Democratic Union

Belgian Democratic Union
French: Union Démocratique Belge
Dutch: Belgische Democratische Unie
LeadersMax Bastin, Pierre Clerdent
Founded1944
Dissolved1946
Split fromCatholic Party
Merged intoBelgian Socialist Party
HeadquartersBrussels
IdeologySocial democracy
Christian democracy
Christian left
Belgian unionism
Political positionCentre-left
Colours  Fucsia

The Belgian Democratic Union (Union Démocratique Belge, UDB; Belgische Democratische Unie, BDU) was a short-lived centre-left political party in Belgium which existed from 1944 to 1946. Aimed at uniting left-leaning Christian Democrats with moderate socialists and others, the movement adhered to a programme which it described as "labourism" (travaillisme). It failed to achieve an electoral breakthrough in Belgium's first postwar elections in 1946 and collapsed shortly afterwards.