"Vous l'aimez votre pays": Communist Party of Belgium election poster, Brussels
A Brussels hoarding carries a Communist Party of Belgium poster for the 31 March 1968 general election: 'You love it, your country', a young couple in everyday dress, ribbons on a rose reading 'Security' 'Federalism' 'of employment', 'Trust in the labour movement', 'Vote Communist' and the list number 555. Virtue words stand in for a programme, and the couple is offered as the voter.
- Date
- March 18, 1968
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Communist Party of Belgium (poster photographed in Brussels by Anefo)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Party
- Regime
- Vanden Boeynants Government
- Leader
- Paul Vanden Boeynants
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Elections and party politics, Labor, Economy and finance
- Event
- 1968 Belgian General Election
- Techniques
- Glittering generalitiesPlain folks
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Nationaal Archief (Fotocollectie Anefo), via Wikimedia Commons, retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- CC0 1.0 (Nationaal Archief / Anefo release; Commons file page tagged CC0)
Eric Koch / Anefo / Nationaal Archief, item 921-1735 (CC0; no attribution required)
Text on the object
VOUS L'AIMEZ VOTRE PAYS SECURITE FEDERALISME D'EMPLOI CONFIANCE AU MOUVEMENT OUVRIER votez communiste 555 [small printer's imprint at foot: illegible]
YOU LOVE IT, YOUR COUNTRY SECURITY FEDERALISM / OF EMPLOYMENT [ribbons; read as 'job security' and 'federalism'] CONFIDENCE IN THE LABOUR MOVEMENT vote communist 555
The two ribbons cross, so 'SECURITE' and 'D'EMPLOI' read as one phrase and 'FEDERALISME' as another; the layout is transcribed as printed. Accents are absent from the printed capitals.
