EurActive: Belgium breaks government deadlock - EurActiv.com | EU - European Information on Elections
Belgium breaks government deadlock - EurActiv.com | EU - European Information on Elections
After nine months of crisis and uncertainty, the five parties now part of the future coalition have reached an agreement on a joint political programme. The new government is expected to be sworn in on Thursday (20 March).The deal, reached in the early hours of 18 March, opens the door for the winner of the 10 June 2007 elections, Flemish Christian Democrat (CD&V) Yves Leterme, to become Prime Minister at last. For the past three months, the post had continued to be held by the incumbent Guy Verhofstadt – despite the significant losses suffered by his Flemish Liberal party in the elections – following Leterme’s two successive failures at forming a government coalition.
