Thursday, March 3, 2011

Belgium mediator appointed to seventh out of political crisis

The Flemish Christian Democrats, defeated in elections in June 2010, agreed on Wednesday to conduct negotiations in view of forming a government, a mission that has to be very long view, taking into account the precedents and the seemingly insurmountable gap between Flemish and French. King Albert II, head of state, instructed the president of the Christian Democrats, Wouter Beke, 36, "a negotiating mission to prepare an agreement on reform of the state," noted the Royal Palace said in a statement.

For nine months, social responsibility and the Flemish independence party leader Bart de Wever have failed in the formation of a federal political system that consolidates the relationship between Flemish and Francophones. Therefore, other political parties who believed it was for the Democrats off the hook.

On Tuesday, Finance Minister Didier Reynders, liberal French-speaking, had found that there was "a willingness to negotiate."

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