As was the case in Flanders and Brussels, voters in Wallonia also voted in local elections today. The Francophone liberal leader Georges-Louis Bouchez’s list Mons en Mieux has failed to become the largest group on the city council.
Wallonia: Liberals fail to become the largest party in Mons, socialists remain the largest party in Liège
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Mons en Mieux gained the support of 29% of voter in the capital of Hainaut Province. This is 14.9 percentage points less than the 43.9% of voters that voted for the incumbent socialist Mayor’s list. In third place is the centrist party Les Engagés (8.8%), the far-left PTB is just behind on 8.7% with the greens 5th on 7.3%.
In Liège the socialist party PS remains the biggest with 27.3%. The liberal party MR is second on 24.4%. In third place is the far-left PTB with 18%. Les Engagés gained 13.7% of the vote and the greens 11.6%.