Although the radicals shared some ideas with the socialist Parti Ouvrier Belge (POB), they rejected universal suffrage.
[2] Over the years, it became more radical in its views and in 1894, they asked for the creation of a Ministry of Labour, the creation of maximum hours for a working day, and compulsory insurance against accidents, disease, unemployment and disability.
More important still, it envisaged the creation of a true public sector by the nationalization of the railroads, canals, roads, bridges and coal mines and by the replacement of the national bank by a bank of state, etc.
[3] They reunited with the Liberal Party in 1900, which made many concessions to the radicals.
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