Free and Responsible
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Delphine De Valkeneer
Marc Cools
Brice Kotsifakos Vandenbroucke
Fabian Maingain
Free and Responsible Libres et responsables | |
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| Abbreviation | LIB·RES |
| Leader | Olivier Maingain |
| Spokesmen | Olivier Maingain Delphine De Valkeneer Marc Cools Brice Kotsifakos Vandenbroucke |
| Founders | Olivier Maingain Fabian Maingain |
| Founded | 24 April 2025 |
| Split from | DéFI |
| Ideology | Brussels regionalism Social liberalism Liberalism (Belgian) Secularism Direct democracy Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Yellow Blue |
| Chamber of Representatives | 0 / 61 (French-speaking seats) |
| Senate | 0 / 24 (French-speaking seats) |
| Walloon Parliament | 0 / 75 |
| Parliament of the French Community | 1 / 94 |
| Brussels Parliament | 0 / 72 (French-speaking seats) |
| European Parliament | 0 / 8 (French-speaking seats) |
| Website | |
| www | |
Free and Responsible (French: Libres et responsables; abbr. LIB·RES[a]) is a French-speaking political party in Belgium founded on 25 April 2025 by Olivier Maingain and his son, Fabian Maingain, as well as other members who previously left the DéFI party.[1]
On 20 December 2024, Olivier Maingain, who had been president of the DéFI party for 24 years and who had had numerous disagreements with the new president, Sophie Rohonyi, announced his resignation from the party. Maingain has accused Rohonyi of making DéFI dependent on Reformist Movement under her leadership and no longer protecting the autonomy of the Brussels Region,[2] as well as several other controversies, including increasing the weight of the extreme right and populist nationalist movements.[3] Immediately after leaving DéFI, Olivier Maingain announced the future creation of a new political party. Fabian Maingain, Olivier's son, also left DéFI on 16 April 2025.[3]
The party's name, logo and platform were presented on 24 April 2025 by Maingain in front of journalists in the presence of his son, several colleagues from Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, where Maingain is mayor, and Marc Cools, a former MR member.[4]
The party's logo is presented in yellow and blue, the colours of the European Union flag.[5]
