La Libre Belgique

La Libre Belgique
TypeDaily newspaper (six times per week)
FormatCompact
Owner(s)La Libre Belgique S.A.
PublisherIPM Advertising
EditorDorian de Meeûs
FoundedLe Patriote: 1884
La Libre Belgique: 1915
Political alignmentCentre-right
HeadquartersRue des Francs 47,
B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
Circulation23,198 (2022)
Websitewww.lalibre.be

La Libre Belgique (French pronunciation: [la libʁ bɛlʒik]; lit.'The Free Belgium'), currently sold under the name La Libre, is a French-language Belgian daily newspaper. Together with Le Soir, it is one of the country's most popular Francophone newspapers in both Brussels and Wallonia. La Libre was founded in 1884 and has historically had a centre-right Christian Democratic political stance. The papers is particularly celebrated for its role as an underground newspaper during World War I and World War II when Belgium was occupied. Since 1999, the newspaper has become increasingly liberal but is still considered more conservative than Le Soir.