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Guaranteeing the salary of mayors and aldermen on maternity or birth leave

Walloon MP and mayor Caroline Cassart has tabled a draft decree to guarantee that mayors, aldermen and alderwomen, and CPAS chairs continue to receive their salary when taking maternity, birth, adopti...

Equal opportunities Local Local government Press releases Wallonia

9 Jul 2026 News

Floriane Bonnier appointed new MR+ group leader on the Brussels City Council

After nearly fifteen years of commitment within the Mouvement Réformateur, she takes the helm of a group of eleven elected representatives, becoming the only woman to hold this position among the Coun...

Brussels Local Local government Press releases

3 Jul 2026 News

Near you: open days, conferences and MR events all year round

We opened the doors of the Presidency, and you walked through them. That simple gesture, coming, asking questions, sharing ideas, is not trivial: it says something profound about the way we want to do...

Local Local government

3 Jul 2026 News

After decades of PS management of cities, where are the results?

PS mayors are demanding more money for the major cities. Yet these are the very cities that already receive massive support from Wallonia and record the lowest employment rates in the country. The real question is not how much more Wallonia should give, but what results have been achieved after decades of socialist management.

Institutional Local Taxation and economy Wallonia

27 Jun 2026 Our positions

Our elected representative of the week: Thierry Kenler

This week, the MR makes a stop in Martelange, a border municipality in the heart of the Belgian Ardennes. Its mayor, Thierry Kenler (UC-MR), a new face at the head of the municipality, relies on solid...

Elected representative of the week Local Local government Wallonia

26 Jun 2026 News

Foyer Anderlechtois: the MR obtains an inquiry committee

The MR has obtained the creation of a parliamentary inquiry committee into the way social housing was allocated at Foyer Anderlechtois. This decision follows serious suspicions of favouritism surrounding its chairman, the socialist Lotfi Mostefa (PS), revealed by a Pano (VRT) report. Stop favouritism! Social housing must be allocated according to clear rules

Brussels Institutional Local Local government Security and justice Social security

21 Jun 2026 Our positions

Our elected representative of the week: Michaël Busine

This week, the MR stops in Celles, in the heart of Walloon Picardy. Head of the municipality since 2020 and re-elected in the January 2025 elections (in Celles, the elections had been annulled!), Mayo...

Elected representative of the week Local Local government Wallonia

19 Jun 2026 News

Local civil service: more efficient municipal services

With the reform of local civil service, the MR and the Walloon Government provide a clear response to modern challenges: giving local authorities more modern, flexible tools that are better suited to ...

Administrative simplification Local Local government Wallonia

12 Jun 2026 News

Begging with children: David Weytsman secures a ban

The City of Brussels has adopted a new regulation aimed at banning begging with children under 16 in the Pentagon and the Louise district. A measure championed by David Weytsman, who stresses that the...

Brussels Early childhood and youth Local Press releases Social security

11 Jun 2026 News

Asian hornets: a simple report on your smartphone, and your municipality takes action

Wallonia is stepping up its fight against the Asian hornet. On the initiative of Nature Minister Anne-Catherine Dalcq, citizens can now report a nest directly via the FixMyStreet Wallonie platform. Ne...

Environment and climate Local Local government Press releases Wallonia

11 Jun 2026 News

A historic reform of local civil service in Wallonia

Modernising local civil service means improving the quality of service to citizens and enabling our municipalities to become more efficient by being more agile. Greater attractiveness, more mobility, simplified recruitment and HR management finally adapted to realities on the ground: the MR and the Walloon Government are acting to give local authorities the means to be more effi

Civil service Institutional Local Wallonia

6 Jun 2026 Our positions

Molenbeek: the mayor's worrying admission about the municipal finances

David Weytsman, President of the Brussels & Periphery regional branch, reacts: “The socialist-communist model is already running out of steam after 18 months” The Mayor of Molenbeek Saint-Jean, Cather...

Brussels Budget Local Local government Press releases

5 Jun 2026 News

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