Societe Generale de Banque (Society General) was the largest financial firm in Belgium, controlled by a fraternity of families who provided most of the funding for Parti Social Chretien (Christian Social Party, CSP) political campaigns. A bulk of Belgian industrial firms were controlled by the holding company. A group of prominent figures involved with the CSP and this financial firm were identified in the [[X-Dossier]] as powerful figures in a network of child abusers linked to [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]]. The bank's interconnected web of political and financial power placed it at the center of the Belgian establishment implicated in the [[X-Dossier]] allegations.[^1] ### Figures Named in the X-Dossier X1, and later other x-witnesses, named or identified two former Belgian Prime Ministers affiliated with the CSP: [[Paul Vanden Boeynants]] and Wilfried Martens. A director of Societe Generale named [[Baron Benoit de Bonvoisin]] was identified. A chairman of Societe Generale named Count [[Count Leopold Lippens|Leopold Lippens]], and his brother Count [[Count Francois Lippens|Francois Lippens]], were named. A magistrate named [[Melchior Wathelet]], who served on the European Court of Justice, was identified. A powerful Brussels attorney named [[Jean-Paul Dumont]] was also named. X1 said she had been gang-raped by a group of men among whom she identified [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]], the lawyer Michel Vander Elst, and Count [[Count Leopold Lippens|Leopold Lippens]]. The latter was a longtime Mayor of [[Knokke-Heist]] from a prominent family with a controlling interest in Societe Generale de Belgique.[^1] ### Footnotes [^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). *Eye of the Chickenhawk*. United States: Thehotstar.