LA LIBRE BELGIQUE. — A major French-language Catholic daily, the most widely circulated in Belgium, founded in 1883 and owned by the Jourdain family.
Until 1914 it bore the title Le patriote and vigorously fought in the struggle for freedom of education. During the First World War, published clandestinely under the title La libre Belgique clandestine, it sustained the morale of the Belgians under German occupation. After the Second World War it campaigned for the return to the throne of King Leopoldo III. Among Belgian newspapers, it is the best informed. In the social sphere, it is conservative in tendency. Giuseppe Devroede