Revolution Movement Mouvement Révolution! | |
|---|---|
 | |
| President | Laurent Louis |
| Founded | 2013 / 2025 |
| Dissolved | 2015 |
| Headquarters | La Louvière |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Colors | Gold |
| Website | |
| mouvement-revolution.be | |
Révolution!, formerly known as Debout Les Belges! (French pronunciation: [dəbu le bɛlʒ]; Belgians, Rise up!), is a French-speaking political movement in Belgium, founded and led by former Belgian MP Laurent Louis, who was previously associated with the right-wing party People's Party[1] and then the Islamist party ISLAM.[2]
History
[edit]2011-2015
[edit]When he left the People's Party in 2011, Laurent Louis founded the Movement for Freedom and Democracy (Mouvement pour la liberté et la démocratie), which aimed to establish participatory democracy and put an end to political parties.[3] In 2013, the movement was dissolved for a brief period when Laurent Louis joined the ISLAM party.
In 2014, he relaunched the MLD under the name Debout les Belges (Stand Up, Belgians). The new party adopted a socially conservative, Belgian nationalist, anti-Zionist, Eurosceptic and republican agenda.
The party was associated with French comedian Dieudonné and the quenelle gesture which he has popularized, often considered a subversive allusion to the Nazi salute.[4] Although its leader has criticized Alain Soral, another important leader of Reconciliation Nationale.[5] The group has been accused of antisemitism and a planned gathering of notable anti-Zionists organized by Louis was banned in 2014.[4][6][7]
In the 2014 Belgian federal election, DLB obtained 0.86% of the votes in the Chamber of Representatives, placing the party just below the People's Party with 1.52%. For the Regional elections, the party obtained 0.81% in Wallonia. In Brussels, DLB obtained 2.3%, surpassing the People's Party (1.94%) and ISLAM (1.7%). However, the party did not win any seats anywhere.
The party was finally dissolved in 2015 following internal conflicts and legal proceedings.[8]
Since 2025
[edit]Between 2015 and 2025, Laurent Louis made several attempts to launch a new political party alongside his activities in cryptocurrencies for which he had been in trouble with the law but never convicted.[9] It was finally in 2025 that he officially launched his new political movement, with Laurence Kayser following his victory in court against Opaline Meunier.[10]
Révolution focuses on establishing e-democracy through Web3 technologies and the abolition of all political parties. At the same time, the movement promotes its anti-Zionist and Eurosceptic positions and advocates leaving NATO and the WHO.
Election results
[edit]Chamber of Representatives
[edit]| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 58,043 | 0.86 | 0 / 150
|
New | Extra-parliamentary |
Walloon Parliament
[edit]| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 16,618 | 0.81 | 0 / 75
|
New | Extra-parliamentary |
Brussels Parliament
[edit]| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 (French language group) | 9,424 | 2.30 | 0 / 72
|
New | Extra-parliamentary |
References
[edit]- ^ "Le député Laurent Louis a été exclu du PP" [MP Laurent Louis expelled from the PP]. La Libre Belgique (in French). 28 January 2011.
- ^ "Remercié par le parti Islam, Laurent Louis persiste: "Je suis le président"" [Dismissed from the Islam party, Laurent Louis maintains, "I am the president."]. Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (in French). 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Laurent Louis réclame la dissolution de "tous les partis politiques"..." [Laurent Louis calls for the dissolution of "all political parties"...] (in French). Le Vif online. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Belgium bans 'anti-Semitic hatefest'".
- ^ "Laurent LOUIS - Debout Les Belges officiel".
- ^ "The leader of "Debout Les Belges!," far-right lawmaker Laurent Louis (C) perform the 'quenelle' gesture ahead of the anti-Semitic congress, "First European Conference of Dissidence", organised by Chamber member Laurent Louis in Anderlecht, outside Brussel". Archived from the original on May 8, 2014.
- ^ "Belgium: Riot Police Disperse Anti-Semitic Rally".
- ^ Alexandre Vick (11 April 2014). "Debout les Belges en voie d'implosion" [Debout les Belges on a path to implosion]. RésistanceS (in French). Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Cryptomonnaie : l'ex-député fédéral Laurent Louis a été perquisitionné en France, selon le journal l'Echo" [Cryptocurrency: former federal MP Laurent Louis's home raided in France, according to newspaper L'Echo] (in French). RTBF. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "Laurent Louis annonce son retour en politique, son procès contre Opaline Meunier reporté" [Laurent Louis announces his return to politics, his trial against Opaline Meunier postponed]. 7sur7 (in French). 27 February 2025.
Website
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