Robert Royer

Robert Royer born with Ixelles on July 16th, 1906, deceased with Woluwé-Saint-Lambert on July 7th, 1979, is a militant Christian and a Walloon militant which was Resistance and directed one of the most powerful organizations of public credit, CGER (acquired by Fortis in the years 1990). It is in 1945, after having directed catholic Wallonia during the Occupation which it creates Walloon Rénovation. It is also present at the Walloon National congress of 1945 and member of its Standing Committee. It highly reacts in 1950 against the very hard reaction of the Belgian government vis-a-vis the Walloon protests against the return of Léopold III, at the point of to divide the movement which it created.

But, known as Léopold Genicot But the masses hardly follows. And of 1951 to 1950, the Walloon action remains out of night light. Two decades are passed. The situation of Wallonia worsens in all the sectors. So that in 1961, Walloon Rénovation takes a remarkable dash. It structure in general committee, led by Royer, committees special, regional committees. Ten soon. It recruits 3000 members in 1964. It launches in 1962 Rénovation , a monthly magazine; who will become soon weekly and where Royer is practically expressed in each number.

The presence of Robert Royer to the congresses of the Walloon Popular movement is, on behalf of this Christian militant, a will to associate the forces progressists. It is the idea of progressists]. During the years 1960, Robert Royer attentive with the great voice of the Concile Vatican II writes eight studies entitled today Vivre his faith in Wallonia . the last of these studies will be devoted in 1976 to Pierre Teilhard of Chardin which it analyzes known as Genicot with a rare penetration and the rise as a God by and throughout the World is entitled according to Teilhard of Chardin .

Walloon restoration is redynamisée like the other Walloon movements (Wallonia Libre or the Popular movement Walloon, but written Genicot Cependant Walloon Restoration as its similar is blown as the Wallonia loosens the éteau Flemish majority. They appear less necessary. They are recovered by the political parties; The united action disaggregates gradually since 1968-1970. Ideas and the ideals survivront.

Robert Royer, in favor of a Federalism with three components (Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels), was also enthusiast of justioce social and concerned of dialog with the Marxisme. He suggested also the gathering of all the networks of teaching in Wallonia in a single network and the universities in only one pluralist university.

Genicot concludes, recalling its book on Teilhard of Chardin: He always testifies to same qualities: intelligence, probity, uprightness, direction of the possible one. But it weakens. And on July 7th, 1979, it dies out with Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, faithful until the end to the belief and the area auxqelles it had been completely given. It had like Paul de Tarse, carried out the good combat and consumed the race.

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