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After Bart De Wever’s resignation as informateur in forming a new federal government last week, King Philippe appointed Charles Michel, chair of the French-speaking liberal party MR, as the new in
The King is expected to consult a number of political party representatives today, in an attempt to avert a long political crisis of the type seen in 2010.
Coalition government informateur Bart De Wever is expected at the royal palace today, to brief King Filip on the progress he has made in shaping a new federal coalition.
In a direct snub to Guy Verhofstadt, the leader of the European Parliament’s Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), the Flemish nationalist party N-VA turned down an offer to join A
The two sides in the government of the Brussels-Capital Region – French-speaking and Dutch-speaking – have reached a majority ready to begin negotiations for the creation of a governing coalition.
N-VA party president Bart De Wever has been given one more week to draw up a report for King Philippe on the formation of a coalition government.
The Socialist Party (PS) started the consultation process today for the formation of a new Brussels government, with Belgium’s vice-prime minister Laurette Onkelinx leading the talks.
King Philippe has appointed N-VA party president Bart De Wever as informateur, whose task it is to lead the formation of the new federal government.
Last Friday saw the state funeral of former Belgian prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, who died on May 15 in France at Onze-Lieve-Vrouw church in Vilvoorde, just outside of Brussels.
