{"id":3254,"date":"2025-02-01T01:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T01:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/belgium-forms-a-government-after-7-months-of-squabbling\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T01:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T01:32:11","slug":"belgium-forms-a-government-after-7-months-of-squabbling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/belgium-forms-a-government-after-7-months-of-squabbling\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium Forms a Government After 7 Months of Squabbling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Belgium reached an agreement to form a coalition government on Friday, the nation\u2019s monarchy <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MonarchieBe\/status\/1885441134710698222\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a>, ending seven months of partisan squabbling over deeply unpopular proposed cuts to social spending and other issues. Full details about the agreement were yet to be officially released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The new government was formed under the stewardship of Bart De Wever, the leader of a conservative Flemish nationalist party, the New Flemish Alliance. The party won <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/09\/world\/europe\/belgium-european-elections.html\" title=\"\">elections in June<\/a> with 17 percent of the vote, the largest share of the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/22\/world\/europe\/belgium-2024-election.html\" title=\"\">contenders<\/a>, in a win that was a victory over a far-right separatist party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">With Friday\u2019s agreement, Mr. De Wever is poised to become the country\u2019s next prime minister, leading a five-party coalition that has been negotiating with a hard line on migration and cuts to the country\u2019s pension and heath care systems. Mr. De Wever\u2019s party joined forces with the liberal Reformist Movement and the centrist Les Engag\u00e9s, two Francophone parties, as well as the Flemish socialist party Vooruit (Forward) and the party Christian Democratic and Flemish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Belgium, whose capital, Brussels, is home to the headquarters of both the European Union and NATO, has a population of just 12 million people and represents <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/european-union.europa.eu\/principles-countries-history\/eu-countries\/belgium_en#:~:text=Trade%20and%20economy&amp;text=It%20accounts%20for%203.4%25%20of%20the%20EU's%20total%20GDP.\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">only<\/a> about 3.4 percent of the European Union\u2019s total gross domestic product. But it faces many of the challenges common to European nations, including an aging population that is driving up the cost of its pensions and health care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Partly because of that, the nation has a relatively large deficit, around <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/economy-finance.ec.europa.eu\/economic-surveillance-eu-economies\/belgium\/economic-forecast-belgium_en\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">4.6 percent<\/a> of gross domestic product last year, based on estimates. European Union fiscal rules that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bruegel.org\/newsletter\/what-are-implications-eus-new-fiscal-rules\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">went into effect last year<\/a> have ramped up the pressure to control costs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">If the country does not submit a budget plan to the European Union on time, it risks being placed on <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belganewsagency.eu\/europe-grants-belgium-budget-extension-with-strict-conditions\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a strict four-year adjustment path<\/a> and could eventually face penalties and fines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The ultimate deal to form a government is expected to include substantial budget cuts, increased military spending and cuts to some taxes, based on <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tijd.be\/politiek-economie\/belgie\/algemeen\/lek-over-supernota-de-wever-dwingt-onderhandelaars-kleur-te-bekennen\/10583807.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">leaks previously reported by news outlets<\/a>. The agreement\u2019s details had not yet been released as of late Friday night in Belgium, but at least some parties suggested that many popular spending programs had been sustained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prevotmaxime\/status\/1885441915069354255\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">social media<\/a>, Maxime Pr\u00e9vot, leader of the centrist coalition party Les Engag\u00e9s, posted that it was \u201ca reform agreement for the future, which guarantees indexation and ensures the payment of pensions for today and tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A protracted process for forming a government is not new to Belgium; one standoff in 2010 and 2011 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.nytimes.com\/query.nytimes.com\/gst\/fullpage-9407E4D61E3DF93BA25751C0A9679D8B63.html\" title=\"\">set a world record<\/a>, with the parties taking 541 days to form a coalition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Usually Belgium\u2019s drawn-out negotiations are attributed to deep divisions between Flanders, Belgium\u2019s Dutch-speaking and more right-leaning northern region, and Wallonia, the nation\u2019s French-speaking and more left-leaning southern part.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But this time, an additional complication slowed the process: the need to rein in the nation\u2019s budget deficit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Making cuts to pensions and health care is a challenge in many European countries. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/14\/world\/europe\/france-prime-minister-bayrou-retirement-age.html\" title=\"\">France\u2019s decision<\/a> to raise the retirement age to limit spending led to mass protests, and this month the country\u2019s prime minister said he would consider a change in the law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Belgium has been facing its own version of that problem as it tries to balance treasured social norms with a harsh fiscal reality. In recent weeks, teachers, military personnel and trade unionists have staged strikes and protests against pension-reform proposals that had been <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/vrtnws\/en\/2025\/01\/08\/unions-protest-planned-pension-reforms-strike-to-hit-public-tra\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">leaked to<\/a> news outlets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Belgium\u2019s system of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/1290286\/one-million-people-in-belgium-will-see-their-wage-increase-next-january\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">automatic wage adjustments<\/a> to inflation also became a flashpoint in the negotiations. The negotiators looked to curb them to reduce government wage bills and make Belgium <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/belgium\/1416340\/belgium-in-brief-will-the-next-federal-government-touch-the-wage-indexation\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">more competitive<\/a>, even as centrist and left-wing parties were concerned about how changes would affect workers. Other issues that caused talks to break down included <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belganewsagency.eu\/elections-2024-belgiums-federal-government-crisis-deepens-as-possible-coalition-nears-collapse\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">social<\/a> benefits, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belganewsagency.eu\/vooruit-agrees-to-continue-federal-government-negotiations\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pensions, health care<\/a> and a proposed <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belganewsagency.eu\/federal-government-negotiations-founder-once-again-over-capital-gains-tax\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">capital gains tax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The agreement must still be approved by party congresses. In its post on Friday confirming that an agreement had been reached, the Belgian monarchy said that the date of the swearing-in of the prime minister and new members of the government would be announced later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/31\/world\/europe\/belgium-government-new-flemish-alliance.html\">Source link 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