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You are a helpful AI assistant.
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<start_of_turn>user
What were the major political events linked to the granting of universal suffrage in Belgium during the First World War, and how did this influence the political configuration of the country at that time?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>model
During the war, the national unity government was a tripartite: Catholic party, liberal party, workers' party. The King (Albert) decides to grant universal suffrage; while Gérard Cooremans resigned, Léon Delacroix became the new chief of staff. The latter is in favor of universal suffrage.

This grant leads to a new government program, but there is a particularity: universal suffrage must be granted immediately; which will change the way we vote in Belgium and therefore will push for a revision of the Belgian constitution (only done in 1893 before). New elections would therefore be necessary to elect constituent chambers, but the King and Delacroix refused because it was not necessary to go through this revision. This is why we could speak of a “coup d’état” and therefore of the “Loppem coup (November 1918).

In the last elections, the Catholics won, now we must let the two other parties take power to ease possible tensions. The King is then in the process of bringing the POB into the Belgian political game (which had never been done) and putting an end to the control that the Catholic power had (the power was not a coalition) . The weight of the POB then increases.<end_of_turn><eos>