La Libre
La Libre Belgique is a French-language daily newspaper in Belgium, based in Brussels. Generally regarded as centre-right and historically associated with Catholic and liberal traditions, it covers national and international news, politics, and culture for a broad readership. It is one of the principal quality newspapers in Belgium's French-speaking community.
La Libre at a glance
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Western Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1884
- Owner
- IPM Group
- Published from
- Brussels
- Website
- lalibre.be ↗
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How Crosswire groups La Libre
Crosswire groups La Libre as Centrist for comparisons within Belgium's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.
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Where La Libre sits in Belgium's press
La Libre was founded in 1884, is published from Brussels and is owned by IPM Group. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Belgium, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being De Standaard, La Dernière Heure and L'Avenir. By outlets tracked, Belgium ranks 13th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to La Libre outside Belgium, starting with Western Europe, are Le Monde (France), NRC (Netherlands), Der Standard (Austria) and NZZ (Switzerland). Opening one of them beside La Libre is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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