At the October 14 local elections, the Workers鈥 Party of Belgium (PTB) .
PTB chair Peter Mertens said: 鈥淔or the first time we have moved from an urban phenomenon mostly concentrated in Antwerp and Li猫ge to a breakthrough in most large and medium-sized cities of Wallonia, the Brussels region and Flanders. The number of our local elected officials increases from 50 to 157.鈥