The Union of Francophones (French: Union des Francophones, UF) is a Belgian electoral list which participates in regional, provincial and municipal elections in the Flemish Province of Flemish Brabant. As its name suggests, its primary target are the French-speaking inhabitants of Flemish Brabant and particularly those who live in the officially Dutch-speaking area Halle-Vilvoorde including the - now predominantly French-speaking - municipalities with language facilities in the Brussels Periphery. Its main goal is to provide both constitutional exemptions for and privileges to Francophones living in Dutch-speaking Flanders, for example by annexing the municipalities with language facilities to the officially bilingual Brussels-Capital Region.
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