Our party in Belgium is gaining ground. We have mandatory voting here. Last elections, around 20% of people in the city of Antwerp voted for us. That's 1 in 5 people wanting to vote for a communist party. Brussels has the same figures. In some of the city's districts we are the largest party. In the Borgerhout district of Antwerp, we spent the last 6 years governing and became the biggest party at the municipal's again, only being sidelined by the socdems who would rather govern with neolibs.

We have tens of thousands members active in local groups, tackling local problems and trying to convince more people of joining.

We have a dozen free healthcare clinics set up throughout the country.

Just a few things that come to mind. Sure, Belgium is a small country, but within that country I'd say we are definitely influential.