Le Peuple (Brussels)
| Type | Daily |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1885 |
| Political alignment | Socialist (1885-1998) Centre-right (2010-present) |
| Language | French language |
| Website | http://lepeuple.be/ |
Le Peuple was a socialist daily newspaper published in Brussels, Belgium. Publication started on December 13, 1885, and ended in March 1998.
The Le Peuple brand was bought in October 2010 by Mischaël Modrikamen, president of the Belgian People's Party, to become an right wing online newspaper, as well as a printed bimonthly.
Le Peuple (literally, The People) was a French language daily newspaper from Brussels, Belgium, which started publication on December 13, 1885.Le Peuple was the central organ of the Belgian Labour Party. Jean Volders was the founding editor-in-chief of the newspaper. Prominent contributors to the newspaper included Emile Vandervelde, Camille Huysmans, Louis Bertrand, J. Wauters, I. Delvigne and Louis de Brouckère. As of 1909, the newspaper was estimated to have a daily circulation of 106,000.
The Le Peuple building on rue des Sables was constructed in 1905, in Art Nouveau style. The architect of the building was Richard Pringiers, a student of Victor Horta.
As of the mid-1930s, Arthur Wauthers was the director of the newspaper. At the time Le Peuple had six different editions. In 1933-1935 Le Peuple published a large series of articles by Henri de Man on his 'plannist' ideas.
Under the Second World War, when the socialist movement in Belgium was forced underground, Le Peuple continued to be issued as a clandestine publication. It was distributed across Belgium. Its chief foreign editor at the time was Victor Larock.
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