Jules Destrée
Belgian lawyer and politician (1863-1936) · Belgium · On the map · Politicians · Died at 72
Jules Destrée was a Walloon lawyer, cultural critic and socialist politician. The trials subsequent to the strikes of 1886 determined his commitment within the Belgian Labour Party. He wrote a Letter to the King in 1912, which is seen as the founding declaration of the Walloon movement.
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Jules Destrée in 1913.
Sebastião de Magalhães Lima (1) and Destrée (2), in July 1916, at the launch in Italy of the Latina Gens society. Romanian writer Elena Bacaloglu, Latina Gens founder, is back row, marked 5.
Destrée (second from the right) at a session of the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.
Monument to Jules Destrée in CharleroiAwards
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He is famous for his quote "Il n'y a pas de Belges", pointing to the lack of patriotic feelings in Flemings and Walloons, while pleading for some kind of federal state.
