The Freedom and Justice Party of Belgium or the (Dutch: Partij van Vrijheid en Rechtvaardigheid | French: Parti de la Liberté et de la Justice) is the current majority party in the Belgian Empire, its popularity arose after World War II and has controlled the nation for the past seven decades. In those seven decades, the party has capitulated the Kingdom of Belgium into the international scene, a world power. Its heavy opposition to the European Union and its neighboring nations has given the party a poor reputation to many outsiders.