- La Libre Belgique
"La Libre Belgique" (English: "Free Belgium") is a Belgian
newspaper in French. In Belgium, it can be roughly seen as an equivalent of Flemish "De Standaard ". The paper is widely perceived as pro-catholic. Along with another high circulation French-speaking newspaper "Le Soir ", it dominates the market ofWallonia and the French speaking part ofBrussels ."La Libre Belgique" was founded in February 1915 by the brothers Louis and
Victor Jourdain who had been active in the world of newspapers. The paper was initially secretly published in Belgium which at the time was occupied by theGermans . Hence, the name which was at the same time a reference to the collaborationist paper "La Belgique ". Several weeks before the end of the hostilities, both of the Jourdain brothers died of natural causes. Their work was continued by Victor’s two sons Joseph andPaul Jourdain .In 1959 the paper reached a record circulation of 190 thousand copies. However, by 1999 it had dropped to 68 212 copies. The current editor in chief is
Michel Konen .External links
* [http://www.lalibre.be/ Official site in French]
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