Don’t say “the cdH” anymore, but “Les engagés”. The centrist party is officially changing its name and appearance this Saturday, in a bid to reinvent itself based on two years of citizen reflection. “Any person who recognizes himself” will be able to join freely, regardless of his background, culture and religious beliefs.
The idea that in the face of current challenges, “to be indignant is not enough”, it is necessary “to engage”.
A process launched two years ago
New name, “color”, manifesto, for a new “political movement”: the centrist party was gathered in congress this Saturday afternoon at Tour & Taxis (Brussels), to present its new packaging and give itself a new start, two years from the elections.
In 2019, the rout had been severe for the successor of the PSC (Christian Social Party), which became only the 5th force in the French-speaking political landscape (5 seats in the House, 10 in Wallonia, 5 in Brussels).
Under the title “Il fera beau demain” (It will be sunny tomorrow), the humanist democratic center had begun in January 2020 an exercise of refoundation.
The latter has brewed much wider than the insiders, says Maxime Prevot. Successor of the Bastognard Benoit Lutgen as president, he speaks Friday in an interview with the Belga agency of a party “that closes its adventure. In this logic of complete overhaul, and even if his mandate runs until the end of 2024, “I will put my presidency in play before the summer,” he said.
The will of the movement, whose name will be revealed at the congress, “is to mark a break with the political practices and projects” that exist in the Francophone space. “There is such a disenchantment of citizens with politics, because we are running after positions rather than values,” says Maxime Prévot.
He wants to propose a “results-oriented” alternative, concerned with the common good, aiming for the “long term” and daring to question “achievements and privileges”. “There is nothing more courageous today than nuance,” says the mayor of Namur. Among the concrete proposals he mentions: the inclusion of a decision-making referendum in the Constitution, and a compulsory return to the ballot box in case of non-installation of a government six months after the elections.
>Convinced that Belgian political parties are in programmed obsolescence and unable to respond effectively to the daily challenges of citizens, I launched, on January 12, 2020, an unprecedented process of citizen participation to co-construct a new political movement.
So this Maxime is leading a loosing party, decides all party are doomed and take 2 years to make a bad copy of Vooruit?
Sometimes parties need to realise that despite their history, they should just give up and die off instead of slowly fading into a shadow of their former selves.
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Don’t say “the cdH” anymore, but “Les engagés”. The centrist party is officially changing its name and appearance this Saturday, in a bid to reinvent itself based on two years of citizen reflection. “Any person who recognizes himself” will be able to join freely, regardless of his background, culture and religious beliefs.
The idea that in the face of current challenges, “to be indignant is not enough”, it is necessary “to engage”.
A process launched two years ago
New name, “color”, manifesto, for a new “political movement”: the centrist party was gathered in congress this Saturday afternoon at Tour & Taxis (Brussels), to present its new packaging and give itself a new start, two years from the elections.
In 2019, the rout had been severe for the successor of the PSC (Christian Social Party), which became only the 5th force in the French-speaking political landscape (5 seats in the House, 10 in Wallonia, 5 in Brussels).
Under the title “Il fera beau demain” (It will be sunny tomorrow), the humanist democratic center had begun in January 2020 an exercise of refoundation.
The latter has brewed much wider than the insiders, says Maxime Prevot. Successor of the Bastognard Benoit Lutgen as president, he speaks Friday in an interview with the Belga agency of a party “that closes its adventure. In this logic of complete overhaul, and even if his mandate runs until the end of 2024, “I will put my presidency in play before the summer,” he said.
The will of the movement, whose name will be revealed at the congress, “is to mark a break with the political practices and projects” that exist in the Francophone space. “There is such a disenchantment of citizens with politics, because we are running after positions rather than values,” says Maxime Prévot.
He wants to propose a “results-oriented” alternative, concerned with the common good, aiming for the “long term” and daring to question “achievements and privileges”. “There is nothing more courageous today than nuance,” says the mayor of Namur. Among the concrete proposals he mentions: the inclusion of a decision-making referendum in the Constitution, and a compulsory return to the ballot box in case of non-installation of a government six months after the elections.
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It seems to me that they are going for a La République en Marche type of party
Clowns would govern Belgium better than these incapables.
They should r3name themselves to Les incapables instead
https://www.lesengages.be/visage/prevot-maxime/
>Convinced that Belgian political parties are in programmed obsolescence and unable to respond effectively to the daily challenges of citizens, I launched, on January 12, 2020, an unprecedented process of citizen participation to co-construct a new political movement.
So this Maxime is leading a loosing party, decides all party are doomed and take 2 years to make a bad copy of Vooruit?
Sometimes parties need to realise that despite their history, they should just give up and die off instead of slowly fading into a shadow of their former selves.