Maxime Prévot (Les Engagés) is the real winner in Wallonia, DéFI is the big loser in Brussels

“There is a real winner of the elections in Namur and he is called Maxime Prévot,” said De Meeûs. “It is clear that he is very popular and he is getting good results in several cities.” The editor-in-chief of La Libre a ‘ refers to Ottignies, Louvain-la-Neuve, Waver and Namur.

In addition, Les Engagés has also been able to steal many votes from DéFI, which is almost disappearing from the city councils, and from Ecolo, which is losing half of the voters his, just like in June. “Because of its position, Les Engagés can attract votes in everything between the MR and the PS,” De Meeûs thinks.

It turns out that blue wave of MR Georges-Louis’ presidency was not so devastating after all. The French Liberals are indeed making progress, especially in central cities. But in the big cities they can’t pass the PS. The rash in Mons, the city of Bouchez, is symbolic. There, his list “Mons en mieux” made a big profit, but it was not big enough to break the power of the mayor PS Nicolas Martin. “The PS holds its own in the big cities and loses in the middle cities,” says Dorian de Meeûs.