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{{Short description|Political party in French-speaking Belgium}}
{{for|the political alliance in France|Reformist Movement (France)}}
{{Infobox political party
| logo_size        = 125
| colorcode        = {{Political party data|color}}
| name             = Reformist Movement
| native_name      = Mouvement réformateur
| abbreviation     = MR
| logo             = Mouvement réformateur 2023.svg
| president        = [[Georges-Louis Bouchez]]
| foundation       = {{start date and age|2002|03|24|df=y}}
| merger           = {{ublist
 | [[Liberal Reformist Party (Belgium)|Liberal Reformist Party]]
 | [[Citizens' Movement for Change]]
 | [[Democratic Front of Francophones]]
}}
| think_tank       = [[Centre Jean Gol]]
| student_wing     = Fédération des Étudiants Libéraux
| youth_wing       = Jeunes MR
| headquarters     = National Secretariat<br>Avenue de la Toison d'Or 84-86<br>1060 <br>[[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]
| ideology         = {{ublist
 | [[Liberalism]] ([[Liberalism in Belgium|Belgian]])
 | [[Pro-Europeanism]]
}}
| position         = [[Centre-right]] to [[right-wing]]
| international    = [[Liberal International]]
| european         = [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
| europarl         = [[Renew Europe]]
| slogan           = ''L’Avenir s’éclaire''<br>('The Future is Brighter')
| regional         = [[Benelux Parliament|Liberal Group]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.beneluxparl.eu/nl/politieke-fracties/ |title= Politieke fracties  |website=[[Benelux Parliament]] |language=nl |access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>
| affiliation1_title = Flemish counterpart
| affiliation1     = [[Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten|Open VLD]]
| affiliation2_title = German-speaking counterpart
| affiliation2     = [[Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt|Party for Freedom and Progress]]
| seats1_title     = [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]]<br>(French-speaking seats)
| seats1           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house|constituency=60|}} <!-- Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533384 -->
| seats2_title     = [[Senate (Belgium)|Senate]]<br>(French-speaking seats)
| seats2           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-upper-house|constituency=24|}} <!--  Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533384 -->
| seats3_title     = [[Walloon Parliament]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|20|75|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement (2023)}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Parliament of the French Community]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|32|94|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement (2023)}}}}
| seats5_title     = [[Parliament of the German-speaking Community]]
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|3|25|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement (2023)}}}}
| seats6_title     = [[Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region|Brussels Parliament]]<br>(French-speaking seats)
| seats6           = {{Composition bar|18|72|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement (2023)}}}}
| seats7_title     = [[European Parliament]]<br>([[French-speaking electoral college|French-speaking seats]])
| seats7           = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|EP|}}  <!-- Values obtained from Wikidata; to edit, see https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533384 -->
| seats8_title     = [[Benelux Parliament]]
| seats8           = {{Composition bar|3|22|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement (2023)}}}}
| colours          = {{Color box|{{party color|Reformist Movement (2023)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Blue]]
| website          = {{Political party data|website}}
| country          = Belgium
}}
The '''Reformist Movement'''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=David |title=Belgium: New seven-party coalition government officially sworn in |url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/10/02/belgium-s-seven-party-coalition-government-sworn-in-after-nearly-500-days-of-negotiations |website=[[Euronews]] |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en |date=2 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Birnbaum |first1=Michael |title=Without a government for a year, Belgium shows what happens to politics without politicians |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/without-a-government-for-a-year-belgium-shows-what-happens-to-politics-without-politicians/2019/12/19/5c13cb48-20de-11ea-b034-de7dc2b5199b_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en |date=20 December 2019}}</ref> ({{langx|fr|Mouvement réformateur}} {{IPA|fr|muvmɑ̃ ʁefɔʁmatœʁ|}}, '''MR''') is a [[liberalism in Belgium|liberal]]<ref name="Nordsieck">{{Cite web|url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/wallonia.html|title=Wallonia/Belgium|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|date=2019|website=Parties and Elections in Europe}}</ref><ref name="almeida">{{Cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/depts/europe/conferences/tgsw/documents/TGSW_Almeida_Paper.pdf |title=Liberal Parties and European Integration |last=Almeida |first=Dimitri}}</ref><ref name="HayMenon2007">{{cite book|author1=Colin Hay|author2=Anand Menon|title=European Politics|url=https://archive.org/details/europeanpolitics00hayc|url-access=registration|date=18 January 2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-928428-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/europeanpolitics00hayc/page/92 92]}}</ref> [[French Community of Belgium|French-speaking]] [[Political parties in Belgium|political party in Belgium]], which includes [[Social liberalism|social-liberal]]<ref name="chardon1">{{cite web |last=Chardon |first=Frédéric |title=Des libéraux veulent créer un courant progressiste au MR: avec Christine Defraigne à leur tête? |url=https://www.lalibre.be/belgique/politique-belge/2019/03/19/des-liberaux-veulent-creer-un-courant-progressiste-au-mr-avec-christine-defraigne-a-leur-tete-2ML6ARLUEJE5VJANQW2F55ZPTM/ |access-date=2022-01-02 |website=La Libre.be |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="lesoir1">{{cite web |date=2019-11-26 |title=RLP, le nouveau «Rassemblement des libéraux progressistes» au sein du MR |url=https://www.lesoir.be/262769/article/2019-11-26/rlp-le-nouveau-rassemblement-des-liberaux-progressistes-au-sein-du-mr |access-date=2022-01-02 |website=Le Soir |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="Almeida2012">{{cite book |author=Dimitri Almeida |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zGzZ0MpDjtsC&pg=PA107 |title=The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties: Beyond the Permissive Consensus |publisher=Routledge |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-415-69374-5 |page=107}}</ref> and [[Conservative liberalism|conservative-liberal]] factions.<ref name="Slomp2011">{{cite book|author=Hans Slomp|title=Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LmfAPmwE6YYC&pg=PA465|access-date=23 August 2012|date=30 September 2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-39182-8|page=465}}</ref><ref name="StarkeKaasch2013">{{cite book|author1=Peter Starke|author2=Alexandra Kaasch|author3=Franca Van Hooren|title=The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BtMQsESYcWwC&pg=PA192|date=7 May 2013|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-31484-0|page=192}}</ref> Stemming from the [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Belgian Liberal Party]] founded in 1846, the MR is one of the oldest parties on the European continent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MR and Open VLD celebrate 175 years of liberalism |url=https://www.aldeparty.eu/mr_and_open_vld_celebrate_175_years_of_liberalism |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=ALDE Party |language=en}}</ref>

Since October 2014, the party has provided two prime ministers: [[Charles Michel]] and [[Sophie Wilmès]]. It has been a member of every federal government since the 2000s. At the federated entities level, the MR was in charge of [[Wallonia]] from 2017 to 2019 with [[Willy Borsus]] as [[Minister-President of Wallonia]]. It is currently in charge of the [[French Community of Belgium|French community]] with Pierre-Yves Jeholet as [[Minister-President of the French Community|Minister-President of the French community]].

The MR emerged victorious from the 2024 elections, becoming the leading French-speaking party. [[2024 Belgian regional elections|In Wallonia]], the party came out on top with 29.6% of the vote. [[2024 Belgian regional elections|In Brussels]], the MR also placed first, with 25.9% of the vote. Just a few days after the elections, the MR announced it would work closely with [[Les Engagés]] to quickly form governments in the Walloon Region and the French community.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Brussels |title='A collaboration, not a fusion': MR and Les Engagés will work together in all governments |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/1088944/a-collaboration-not-a-fusion-mr-and-les-engages-will-work-together-in-all-governments |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=www.brusselstimes.com |language=en}}</ref> Having a majority on the French-speaking side of the [[2024 Belgian federal election|Federal parliament]], they joined forces to work on the formation of a new Belgian government.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Brussels |title=What's the latest on Belgium's Federal Government formation? |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1132172/whats-the-latest-on-belgiums-federal-government-formation |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=www.brusselstimes.com |language=en}}</ref>

The MR is an alliance between four liberal parties, three French-speaking and one German-speaking. The [[Liberal Reformist Party (Belgium)|Liberal Reformist Party]] (PRL) and the [[Fédéralistes Démocrates Francophones|Francophone Democratic Federalists]] (FDF) started the alliance in 1993, and were joined in 1998 by the [[Mouvement des Citoyens pour le Changement|Citizens' Movement for Change]] (MCC). The alliance was then known as the PRL-FDF-MCC federation. The alliance became the MR during a congress in 2002, where the German-speaking liberal party, the [[Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt|Party for Freedom and Progress]] joined as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mr.be/PDF/Statuts-MR.pdf|title=Le Mouvement Réformateur: Statuts|publisher=The Reformist Movement|access-date=2007-07-08|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928025708/http://www.mr.be/PDF/Statuts-MR.pdf|archive-date=2007-09-28}}</ref> The label PRL is no longer used, and the three other parties still use their own names. The MR is a member of [[Liberal International]] and the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] (ALDE) Party. However, on 25 September 2011, the FDF decided to leave the coalition. They did not agree with the manner in which president [[Charles Michel (Belgian politician)|Charles Michel]] defended the rights of the French-speaking people in the agreement concerning the splitting of the [[Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde]] district, during the [[2010–11 Belgian government formation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deredactie.be/permalink/1.1119060|title=FDF almost unanimously votes in favour of split with MR|date=25 September 2011 |publisher=deredactie.be|access-date=2011-09-25|language=nl}}</ref>

==Ideology and policies==
Over the years, the MR has always oscillated between ideological markers closer to [[conservative liberalism]] or [[social liberalism]]. Its fundamental principles remain however the same through time, such as defending [[civil liberties]], [[free market]], entrepreneurial freedom, and [[Equal opportunity|equal opportunities]]. The MR is generally positioned in the [[Centre-right politics|centre-right]] or [[right-wing politics|right]] of the political spectrum.<ref name="Colomer2008">{{cite book |author=Josep M. Colomer |author-link1=Josep Colomer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6S5JJkjpzf8C&pg=PA220 |title=Comparative European Politics |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-203-94609-1 |page=220 |access-date=13 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Pinxten2006">{{cite book |author=Rik Pinxten |title=Neo-nationalism in Europe and Beyond: Perspectives from Social Anthropology |publisher=Berghahn Books |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-84545-190-5 |editor1=André Gingrich |page=131 |chapter=Neo-nationalism and Democracy in Belgium: On understanding the contexts of neo-communitarianism |editor2=Marcus Banks |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zScJs9HjixQC&pg=PA131}}</ref>

During [[Georges-Louis Bouchez]]'s tenure as party president, the party is said to have shifted further to the right,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Chini |first1=Maïthé |last2=Taylor |first2=Lukas |date=January 11, 2023 |title=A beginner's guide to Belgium's political parties |work=[[The Brussels Times]] |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/312358/a-beginners-guide-to-belgiums-political-parties |access-date=January 29, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Les coulisses du pouvoir : en 5 ans, le monde politique a basculé vers la droite - RTBF Actus |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/a-droite-toute-en-5-ans-les-partis-politiques-belges-ont-bien-evolue-11376570 |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=RTBF |language=fr}}</ref>  with critics of the party even going so far as to say that the positions of some of its members were increasingly moving towards the [[Far-right politics|far-right]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marneffe |first=Adrien de |date=2025-05-12 |title="Si le MR continue d'avoir un discours proche de l'extrême droite, ce sera compliqué de gouverner avec eux" |url=https://www.lalibre.be/belgique/politique-belge/2023/09/17/si-le-mr-continue-davoir-un-discours-proche-de-lextreme-droite-ce-sera-complique-de-gouverner-avec-eux-UFXNBZHVY5FPRFQ7OGU6TBU4UU/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=La Libre.be |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Barkhuysen |first=Guillaume |date=2025-05-09 |title=Des activistes dénoncent "l'extrême-droitisation" du MR avec de l'affichage et des envois de mails : voici qui se cache derrière cette campagne |url=https://www.lavenir.net/actu/belgique/politique/2024/04/23/des-activistes-denoncent-lextreme-droitisation-du-mr-avec-de-laffichage-et-des-envois-de-mails-voici-qui-se-cache-derriere-cette-campagne-EMZ7VQ6PCJATVFYJREVG7TFMJI/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=lavenir.net |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Si ça ne vous plaît pas, vous n'êtes pas obligé de rester en Belgique' : les propos de Jeholet envers Nabil Boukili créent un tollé, le ministre réagit - RTBF Actus |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/si-ca-ne-vous-plait-pas-vous-n-etes-pas-oblige-de-rester-en-belgique-les-propos-de-jeholet-envers-boukili-creent-un-tolle-le-ptb-exige-des-excuses-11382881 |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=RTBF |language=fr}}</ref> Bouchez has for example often publicly pointed out some excesses of the [[Woke|woke movement]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dejace |first=Thibault |date=2023-03-06 |title=Quand le MR et la N-VA s'attaquent au "wokisme" |url=https://www.moustique.be/actu/belgique/2023/03/06/la-culture-woke-critiquee-par-le-mr-et-la-nv-a-257854 |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Moustique |language=fr}}</ref> and he welcomed former members of the far-right [[Chez Nous (Belgian political party)|Chez Nous]] party to the MR.<ref>{{Cite web |title=L'accueil d'anciens du parti d'extrême droite Chez Nous au MR continue à alimenter le débat - RTBF Actus |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/l-accueil-d-anciens-de-chez-nous-au-mr-continue-a-faire-parler-11489394 |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=RTBF |language=fr}}</ref>

On its current platform, the party advocates higher revenues through lower taxes; time-limited unemployment benefits; life extension of the most recent nuclear reactors; greater investment in police, justice and defense; less government and [[Secularism|state neutrality]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avec le MR, l'avenir s'éclaire |url=https://2024.mr.be/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=MR |language=fr-FR}}</ref> MR is "belgicain", in favor of Belgian unity and a strong federal state.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-18 |title=Georges-Louis Bouchez: «Je suis belgicain et non, ce n'est pas ringard!» |url=https://www.sudinfo.be/art/971373/article/2022-07-18/georges-louis-bouchez-je-suis-belgicain-et-non-ce-nest-pas-ringard |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=sudinfo.be |language=fr}}</ref>

===Foreign policy===
The MR is also a strong supporter of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mr.be/projet/ |title=Projet - MR |publisher=Mr.be |date=2021-12-22 |accessdate=2022-03-07}}</ref> It has always defended support, including military aid, for [[Ukraine]] since the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion]] in 2022. In 2024, the MR was the only party from [[De Croo Government]] to be opposed to Belgium [[International recognition of the State of Palestine|recognizing the State of Palestine]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-28 |title=Reconnaissance de la Palestine: pourquoi les libéraux sont-ils les seuls à s'y opposer? |url=http://www.rtl.be/page-videos/belgique/reconnaissance-de-la-palestine-pourquoi-les-liberaux-sont-ils-les-seuls-sy/2024-05-28/video/673355 |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=RTL Info |language=fr}}</ref>

===Electoral positioning===
During the [[2019 Belgian federal election|2019 election campaign]], the RePresent research centre — composed of political scientists from five universities ([[University of Antwerp|UAntwerpen]], [[KU Leuven]], [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel|VUB]], [[UCLouvain]] and [[Université libre de Bruxelles|ULB]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jordens |first=Natacha |title=EOS research project RepResent - ULB |url=https://www.ulb.be/en/eos-projects/eos-research-project-represent |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241010135752/https://www.ulb.be/en/eos-projects/eos-research-project-represent |archive-date=2024-10-10 |access-date=2025-10-12 |work=ULB |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Libre2019">{{Cite web |last=Clevers |first=Antoine |date=2025-10-12 |title=Les résultats des élections sont trompeurs, Flamands et Wallons ont des opinions politiques assez proches |url=https://www.lalibre.be/belgique/politique-belge/2019/06/05/les-resultats-des-elections-sont-trompeurs-flamands-et-wallons-ont-des-opinions-politiques-assez-proches-DSOHL2PTRJGVHJXBC3BALPZ2FA/ |access-date=2025-10-12 |website=La Libre.be |language=fr}}</ref> — studied the electoral programmes of Belgium's thirteen main political parties. This study classified the parties on two "left-right" axes, from "-5" ([[Far-left politics|extreme left]]) to "5" ([[Far-right politics|extreme right]]): a "classic" socio-economic axis, which refers to state intervention in the economic process and the degree to which the state should ensure social equality, and a socio-cultural axis, which refers to a divide articulated around an identity-based opposition on themes such as immigration, Europe, crime, the environment, emancipation, etc.<ref name="Libre2019" />

The MR then presented a centre-right programme (0.85) on the socio-economic level, and the most centrist (0.4) of the Belgian political spectrum on the socio-cultural level.<ref name="Libre2019" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tassin |first=Stéphane |date=2025-10-12 |title=Voici le positionnement des partis selon les critères économiques et sociétaux (INFOGRAPHIE) |url=https://www.lalibre.be/belgique/politique-belge/2019/06/06/voici-le-positionnement-des-partis-selon-les-criteres-economiques-et-societaux-infographie-Q5RBAENNKVGR3JRMRWMHD22YBM/ |access-date=2025-10-12 |website=La Libre.be |language=fr}}</ref>

The RePresent centre repeated the exercise during the [[2024 Belgian federal election|2024 election campaign]] for the twelve main parties. The MR's positioning shifted towards the right on the socio-cultural axis (1.35) and especially on the socio-economic axis (3.57), where it became the most right-wing Belgian political party.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woelfle |first=Guillaume |title=Évolution du positionnement des partis depuis 2019 : le virage (très) à droite du MR, le PS et les Engagés un peu moins à gauche - RTBF Actus |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/plus-a-gauche-ou-plus-a-droite-comment-ont-evolue-les-partis-politiques-belges-depuis-2019-11374131 |access-date=2025-10-12 |website=RTBF |language=fr}}</ref>

==Presidents==
* 2002–2003: [[Daniel Ducarme]]
* 2003–2004: [[Antoine Duquesne]]
* 2004–2011: [[Didier Reynders]]
* 2011–2014: [[Charles Michel]]
* 2014–2019: [[Olivier Chastel]]
* 2019: [[Charles Michel]]
* 2019–present: [[Georges-Louis Bouchez]]

==Representation in EU institutions==
In the [[European Parliament]], Mouvement Réformateur sits in the [[Renew Europe|Renew Europe group]] with three MEPs: [[Sophie Wilmès]], [[Olivier Chastel]] and Benoit Cassart.

In the [[European Committee of the Regions]], Mouvement Réformateur sits in the [[Renew Europe in the European Committee of the Regions|Renew Europe CoR]] group, with two full and three alternate members for the 2020-2025 mandate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Members Page CoR|url=https://memberspage.cor.europa.eu/#/?mandate=mem&language=en&country=BE&politicalgroup=2020112&v=1614869862634}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Members Page CoR|url=https://memberspage.cor.europa.eu/#/?mandate=alt&language=en&country=BE&politicalgroup=2020112&v=1614869974715}}</ref> Willy Borsus is second vice-president of the Renew Europe CoR Group.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bureau|url=https://reneweurope-cor.eu/bureau/|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Renew Europe CoR|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Election results==
===Chamber of Representatives===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/-
! Government
|-
! [[1995 Belgian general election|1995]]
| 623,250
| 10.3
| {{Composition bar|19|150|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
|
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1999 Belgian federal election|1999]]
| 630,219
| 10.1
| {{Composition bar|18|150|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2003 Belgian federal election|2003]]
| 748,954
| 11.4
| {{Composition bar|24|150|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{increase}} 6
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2007 Belgian federal election|2007]]
| 835,073
| 12.5
| {{Composition bar|23|150|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2010 Belgian federal election|2010]]
| 605,617
| 9.3
| {{Composition bar|18|150|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 5
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2014 Belgian federal election|2014]]
| 650,260
| 9.6
| {{Composition bar|20|150|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2019 Belgian federal election|2019]]
| 512,825
| 7.6
| {{Composition bar|14|150|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2024 Belgian federal election|2024]]
| 716,934
| 10.3
| {{Composition bar|20|150|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement (2023)}}}}
| {{increase}} 6
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|}

===Senate===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/-
|-
! [[1995 Belgian general election|1995]]
| 672,798
| 11.2
| {{Composition bar|5|40|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| 
|-
! [[1999 Belgian federal election|1999]]
| 654,961
| 10.6
| {{Composition bar|5|40|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[2003 Belgian federal election|2003]]
| 795,757
| 12.2
| {{Composition bar|5|40|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[2007 Belgian federal election|2007]]
| 815,755
| 12.3
| {{Composition bar|6|40|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
|-
! [[2010 Belgian federal election|2010]]
| 599,618
| 9.3
| {{Composition bar|4|40|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
|}

===Regional===
====Brussels Parliament====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! rowspan=2| Election
! rowspan=2| Votes
! colspan=2| %
! rowspan=2| Seats
! rowspan=2| +/-
! rowspan=2| Government
|-
! {{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}}
! Overall
|-
! [[1989 Belgian regional elections|1989]]
| 83,011
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
| 18.9 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|15|75|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
|
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1995 Belgian regional elections|1995]]
| 144,478
| style="background:lightgrey;"|
| 35.0 (#1)
| {{Composition bar|28|75|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{increase}} 13
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[1999 Belgian regional elections|1999]]
| 146,845
| 40.1 (#1)
| 34.4 (#1)
| {{Composition bar|27|75|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2004 Belgian regional elections|2004]]
| 127,122
| 32.5 (#2)
| 28.0 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|25|89|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2009 Belgian regional elections|2009]]
| 121,905
| 29.8 (#'''1''')
| 26.5 (#'''1''')
| {{Composition bar|24|89|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2014 Belgian regional elections|2014]]
| 94,227	 
| 23.0 (#2)
| 20.4 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|18|89|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2019 Belgian regional elections|2019]]
| 65,502	 
| 16.9 (#3)
| 14.3 (#3)
| {{Composition bar|13|89|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 5
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2024 Belgian regional elections|2024]]
| 101,157	 
| 26.0 (#'''1''')
| 
| {{Composition bar|20|89|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement (2023)}}}}
| {{increase}} 7
| {{tba}}
|}

====Walloon Parliament====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/-
! Government
|-
! [[1995 Belgian regional elections|1995]]
| 447,542
| 23.7 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|19|75|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
|
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[1999 Belgian regional elections|1999]]
| 470,454
| 24.7 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|21|75|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2004 Belgian regional elections|2004]]
| 478,999
| 24.3 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|20|75|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2009 Belgian regional elections|2009]]
| 469,792
| 23.1 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|19|75|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2014 Belgian regional elections|2014]]
| 546,363	 
| 26.7 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|25|75|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{increase}} 6
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
! [[2019 Belgian regional elections|2019]]
| 435,878
| 21.4 (#2)
| {{Composition bar|20|75|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 5
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
! [[2024 Belgian regional elections|2024]]
| 612.010
| 29.1 (#'''1''')
| {{Composition bar|26|75|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement (2023)}}}}
| {{increase}} 6
| {{yes2|Coalition}}
|}

===European Parliament===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2| Election
! rowspan=2| List leader
! rowspan=2| Votes
! colspan=2| %
! rowspan=2| Seats
! rowspan=2| +/-
! rowspan=2| EP Group
|-
! {{abbr|F.E.C.|French electoral college}}
! Overall
|-
! [[1979 European Parliament election in Belgium|1979]]
| [[André Damseaux]]
| 372,904
| 17.76 (#4)
| 6.85
| {{Composition bar|2|24|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| New
| [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group|LD]]
|-
! [[1984 European Parliament election in Belgium|1984]]
| [[Daniel Ducarme]]
| 540,610
| 24.14 (#2)
| 9.45
| {{Composition bar|3|24|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| rowspan=2| [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group|LDR]]
|-
! [[1989 European Parliament election in Belgium|1989]]
| [[François-Xavier de Donnea]]
| 423,479
| 18.90 (#2)
| 7.18
| {{Composition bar|2|24|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
! [[1994 European Parliament election in Belgium|1994]]{{efn|name="fdfeu"|Run in a joint list with [[Francophone Democratic Federalists|FDF]].}}
| [[Jean Gol]]
| 541,724
| 24.25 (#2)
| 9.08
| {{Composition bar|2|25|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| rowspan=2| [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group|ELDR]]
|-
! [[1999 European Parliament election in Belgium|1999]]{{efn|name="fdfeu"}}
| [[Daniel Ducarme]]
| 624,445
| 26.99 (#'''1''')
| 10.03
| {{Composition bar|2|25|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
|-
! [[2004 European Parliament election in Belgium|2004]]
| rowspan=3| [[Louis Michel]]
| 671,422
| 27.58 (#2)
| 10.35
| {{Composition bar|3|24|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| rowspan=3| [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe|ALDE]]
|-
! [[2009 European Parliament election in Belgium|2009]]
| 640,092
| 26.05 (#2)
| 9.74
| {{Composition bar|2|22|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
! [[2014 European Parliament election in Belgium|2014]]
| 661,332	 
| 27.10 (#2)
| 9.88
| {{Composition bar|3|21|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
|-
! [[2019 European Parliament election in Belgium|2019]]
| [[Olivier Chastel]]
| 470,654
| 19.29 (#3)
| 7.06
| {{Composition bar|2|21|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| rowspan=2| [[Renew Europe|RE]]
|-
! [[2024 European Parliament election in Belgium|2024]]
| [[Sophie Wilmès]]
| 900,413
| 34.88 (#'''1''')
| 12.62
| {{Composition bar|3|22|hex={{party color|Reformist Movement (2023)}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
|}
{{Notelist}}

==Notable figures==
*[[Sophie Wilmès]]
*[[Charles Michel (Belgian politician)|Charles Michel]]
*[[Didier Reynders]]
*[[Louis Michel]]
*[[Pierre-Yves Jeholet]]
*[[Willy Borsus]]
*[[Christine Defraigne]]
*[[Daniel Ducarme]]
*[[Antoine Duquesne]]
*[[Jean Gol]]
*[[Sabine Laruelle]]
*[[Jacques Simonet]]
*[[Gérard Deprez]]

==See also==
*[[Liberalism]]
*[[Liberalism in Belgium]]
*[[Contributions to liberal theory]]
*[[Liberalism worldwide]]
*[[Liberal Archive (Belgium)|Liberal Archive]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{official website|http://www.mr.be/ }}

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