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23 sie 2024 · Efforts to form a Belgian government have stalled as the politician appointed to reach consensus for a government coalition resigned from the mandate on Thursday.
22 sie 2024 · Belgian politics is in crisis — again. After June elections opened a pathway to the quick formation of a new five-party national government, negotiations became bogged down this month over who ought to shoulder the burden for shrinking the country’s budgetary hole.
22 sie 2024 · Talks began to fracture in earnest on Sunday evening. The main dispute centered around a proposed capital gains tax to help plug Belgium’s massive budget deficit, which was 4.4 percent of GDP in 2023 — far above the mandated 3 percent EU threshold.
21 lip 2023 · Sooner rather than later, Belgium may cease to exist. The small Western European state that hosts the headquarters of the EU and NATO has long had a dysfunctional national political life. It holds the world record for the longest time taken to form a government during coalition talks — over 500 days.
14 cze 2024 · Since outgoing Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) offered the resignation of his government to the King the day after the elections – as is standard procedure in Belgium – the country is now led by a government "in current affairs". What exactly does that mean?
19 cze 2024 · Belgium has until 20 September to respond and to present a plan on how to address the issue. There are two options: A four-year plan with tough and drastic savings or a seven-year plan if this is accompanied by sufficient investments and reforms.
22 lis 2023 · Belgium has the second worst budget in the eurozone and needs to take urgent measures to get it right says the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm. It predicts the budget deficit will widen further and believes Belgian governments are not making enough progress in reducing it.
