Atlanta, GA 7/16/2008 5:07:58 AM
News / Politics

Belgium Government Collapses; Country’s End Could be Looming

 

Belgium’s government collapses Tuesday after an ever-widening divide between the country’s Dutch and French-speaking citizens reached an impasse. In an unusual move, Premier Yves Leterme commented, “The federal consensus-model has reached its limits,” and suggested the end of Belgium as a country was looming.

 

Political discussions are underway with lawmakers after King Albert I stepped in to try and resolve the situation. The talks are expected to take several days. In the interim, Leterme’s government will continue in a caretaker capacity.

 

Belgium’s Dutch and French-speaking communities were gradually granted self-rule powers beginning in the 1970s.

 

Since then a widening linguistic divide has consumed Christian Democrats, Liberals, Socialists and nationalist hard-liners from both language camps, threatening to choke the government’s social and economic programs.

 

 

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