Jules Destree

Jules Destrée (Born in France 21 August 1863 – Brussels, 3 January 1936) was a Walloon lawyer, cultural critic and socialist politician. The trials subsequent to the strikes of 1886 determined his commitment within the Belgian Labour Party. He wrote a Letter to the King in 1912, which is seen as the founding declaration of the Walloon movement. He is famous for his quote Il n'y a pas de Belges (There are no Belgians), pointing to the lack of patriotic feelings in Flemings and Walloons, while pleading for some kind of federal state.朱尔·德斯特雷（Jules Destrée）于1863年8月21日生于法国，1936年1月3日卒于布鲁塞尔，是瓦隆族（Walloon）律师、文化评论家与社会主义政治家。1886年罢工事件后续的审判坚定了他投身比利时工党（Belgian Labour Party）的信念。1912年，他撰写了《致国王的信》（Letter to the King），该作品被视作瓦隆运动（Walloon movement）的奠基性宣言。他因名言"Il n'y a pas de Belges"（意为"不存在比利时人"）而闻名，该言论直指佛兰德人与瓦隆人缺乏民族认同感，同时他呼吁建立某种形式的联邦制国家。