Reformist Movement
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Belgian political party
Key facts
- Abbreviation
- MR
- President
- Georges-Louis Bouchez
- Founded
- 24 March 2002 ; 24 years ago ( 2002-03-24 )
- Merger of
- Liberal Reformist Party Citizens' Movement for Change Democratic Front of Francophones
- Headquarters
- National Secretariat, Avenue de la Toison d'Or 84-86, 1060 , Brussels , Belgium
- Think tank
- Centre Jean Gol
- Student wing
- Fédération des Étudiants Libéraux
- Youth wing
- Jeunes MR
- Ideology
- Liberalism ( Belgian )
- Political position
- Centre-right to right-wing
- Regional affiliation
- Liberal Group
- European affiliation
- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
- European parliament group
- Renew Europe
- International affiliation
- Liberal International
- Flemish counterpart
- Open VLD
- German speaking counterpart
- Party for Freedom and Progress
- Colours
- Blue
- Slogan
- L’Avenir s’éclaire , ('The Future is Brighter')
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Encyclopedic overview
The Reformist Movement (French: Mouvement réformateur [muvmɑ̃ ʁefɔʁmatœʁ], MR) is a liberal French-speaking political party in Belgium, which includes social-liberal and conservative-liberal factions. Stemming from the Belgian Liberal Party founded in 1846, the MR is one of the oldest parties on the European continent.
Since October 2014, the party has provided two prime ministers: Charles Michel and Sophie Wilmès. It has been a member of every federal government since the 2000s. At the federated entities level, the MR was in charge of Wallonia from 2017 to 2019 with Willy Borsus as minister-president of Wallonia. It is currently in charge of the French Community with Pierre-Yves Jeholet as minister-president of the French Community.
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