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The Flemish separatists had a great result after the elections in Belgium: the N-VA party now is the first party in the Flanders region. The coalition between the north and south of the country will be very difficult. For the first time the symbol of European Union, Belgium, especially the city of Brussels, became instead the symbol of the great divisions within the states.
http://www.inaltreparole.net/en/world/elezionibelgiovinconoseparatisti140610.htmlThe Flemish separatists had a great result after the elections in Belgium: the N-VA... more
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Earlier this week, Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme offered to resign. But on Thursday evening, King Albert II asked him to stay on for one last try to solve the country's political crisis.
As recently as Tuesday, Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme had thought he was out of a job (more...). But on Thursday evening, Belgium's King Albert II decided against accepting Leterme's letter of resignation and asked three other senior politicians to explore ways to solve the ongoing crisis that threatens to break the 177-year-old country apart.
Leterme had offered to quit after failing to solve an ongoing dispute between parties from either side of Belgium's linguistic divide. He said in his letter that "communities' conflicting visions of how to give a new equilibrium to our state have become incompatible" and that the "federal model has reached its limit."
King Albert II, however, wants politicians representing the country's 6.5 million Dutch speakers and 4 million French speakers to try again. "The king has refused to accept the resignation of the government and has asked the government to promote the chances of success of this mission as much as possible," the palace said in a statement issued to the media.
The king has also appointed two senior Francophone politicians Francois Xavier de Donnea and Raymond Langendries along with Karl-Heinz Lambertz, who leads Belgium's small German-speaking community, to try and find a way out of the country's political dead-end.
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Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has tendered his resignation, plunging the linguistically divided country back into political crisis. His cabinet had failed to agree on a constitutional reform that would have devolved more power to the regions.
Belgians woke up to a case of déjà-vu on Tuesday morning, learning that Prime Minister Yves Leterme had resigned overnight, plunging the country into yet another political crisis.
Leterme had offered to resign after failing to meet a deadline to reconcile parties from both sides of Belgium's linguistic divide on a path to reform the federal state.
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Well, it might not be as scandalous and sexy as when Brangelina's relationship was rocky, or when when Bennifer called it quits. But Belgium remains in a political crisis, divided almost directly down the middle, leaving a giant question mark looming over the nation's future. After elections in June failed to put a coalition government together, it's now 5 months on they're still in political limbo.
"For the time being, the outgoing prime minister is sticking around to make sure taxes are collected and bills get paid. And King Albert II has stepped in to appoint a mediator, but nobody believes the 73-year-old monarch, best known for his motorcycle and French villa before he came to power, can hold the country together."
What is a country to do?Well, it might not be as scandalous and sexy as when Brangelina's relationship... more
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It has managed for two months without a national government, as its leaders squabble over who should run the country. Now a political crisis in Belgium, fuelled by long-running animosity between its French and Flemish-speaking populations, threatens to undermine the very existence of the country.It has managed for two months without a national government, as its leaders squabble... more
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