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Outgoing Belgium PM to form interim government
Radio Netherlands ^ | December 17 2007

Posted on 12/17/2007 1:57:05 PM PST by knighthawk

Brussels (17 December 2007) - Belgium's outgoing Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt has agreed to King Albert's request to form an interim government. The king wants the prime minister to address the most urgent issues, including negotiations on important institutional reforms. Belgium is divided into French-speaking Wallonia in the south and Dutch-speaking Flanders in the north. Parliamentary elections were held in Belgium on 10 June, but so far no coalition has been formed because the French-language and Dutch-language parties have been unable to reach agreement. Mr Verhofstadt has suggested forming a government, consisting of a Christian Democratic-Labour bloc representing the Walloon provinces and a conservative-Christian Democratic bloc representing Flanders.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: belgium; dutch; flemish; french

1 posted on 12/17/2007 1:57:07 PM PST by knighthawk
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2 posted on 12/17/2007 1:57:32 PM PST by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: knighthawk

What’s the current government? Isn’t the old government already serving as an interim government?


3 posted on 12/17/2007 3:38:10 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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To: knighthawk

Free Flanders!

Here’s hoping that Flanders and Kosovo declare independence from Brussels on the same day!


4 posted on 12/17/2007 5:37:17 PM PST by JerseyHighlander
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

They have no current government, the last one served it’s time and until elections it ca serve, after that there is no official government. So no policies are made until they form a new one.


5 posted on 12/18/2007 1:32:19 PM PST by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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They can't agree on anything. Belgium has already set a record on time for forming a new government. Guy Verhofstadt has taken upon himself a thankless task.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

6 posted on 12/18/2007 1:34:35 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: knighthawk

Appreciated.


7 posted on 12/18/2007 3:21:11 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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