Political movements in Congo and Belgium hold major gatherings

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the political party Nouvel Élan held a public meeting at the YMCA in Kinshasa on September 5, 2026. Party Secretary General Blanchard Mongomba, representing Adolphe Muzito, expressed formal support for President Félix Tshisekedi’s initiative for a ‘vertical dialogue.’ The party described the initiative as a way to place the people at the center of the national dialogue process and urged citizens to boycott a planned march on September 15.

In Belgium, the Mouvement Réformateur (MR) held its ‘Estivales’ congress on September 6, 2026, with over 1,800 attendees. Party President Georges-Louis Bouchez delivered a speech focusing on economic growth, tax reduction, security, and immigration. Bouchez called for deep reforms and rejected a politics of ‘small compromises,’ urging party members to remain mobilized for upcoming decisive government weeks.