Democratic Federalist Independent

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Democratic Federalist Independent
Démocrate Fédéraliste Indépendant
President Olivier Maingain
Founded 11 May 1964
Headquarters Chaussée de Charleroi 127
1060 Brussels abbreviation
Ideology Interests of French speakers in Brussels,
Regionalism,
Liberalism
Political position Centre-right[1]
European affiliation None
International affiliation None
European Parliament group No MEPs
Colours      Amaranth
Chamber of Representatives
(French-speaking seats)
2 / 63
Senate
(French-speaking seats)
0 / 24
Walloon Parliament
0 / 75
Parliament of the French Community
2 / 94
Brussels Parliament
(French-speaking seats)
12 / 72
European Parliament
(French-speaking seats)
0 / 8
Website
www.defi.eu
Politics of Belgium
Political parties
Elections

Democratic Federalist Independent (French: Démocrate Fédéraliste Indépendant, DéFI) is a regionalist[2][3] and liberal[1] political party in Belgium whose aim is expansion of the linguistic rights of French-speakers in the Brussels region.[4][5] "DéFI" is a homophone of the French word défi or "challenge".

The party is led by Olivier Maingain, a member of the Chamber of Representatives.

The party was founded as the Democratic Front of Francophones (Front Démocratique des Francophones, FDF) on 11 May 1964 and dominated Brussels' municipal politics until 1982.[6] In January 2010 the party name was amended to Francophone Democratic Federalists (Fédéralistes Démocrates Francophones).[7] The party adopted its current title in November 2015.[8]

At the national level, the FDF was a member of the Reformist Movement (MR), the alliance of Francophone liberal parties, from 2002 until 2011, when it decided to leave the coalition over disagreements with MR president Charles Michel on the agreement concerning the splitting of the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde district during the 2010–2011 Belgian government formation.[9]

Policies

The party advocates the extension of the bilingual status of Brussels to some municipalities around Brussels (in Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region), where a majority of the population is French-speaking, but the official language is Dutch, and pushes for the rights of French-speakers in Flemish municipalities to use French instead of Dutch in dealing with Dutch-speaking officials. Both stances are opposed by Flemish parties, who say that French-speaking residents of the Flemish Region should respect and learn the majority language and argue that the Francization of Brussels should not further itself into the Region.

References

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