Elio Di Rupo, leader of the Socialist Party of Italian descent, was appointed by King Albert II to form the new coalition after more than a year of political deadlock in Belgium, the left goes to the government. Elio Di Rupo, leader of the Socialist Party (PS) and of Italian descent, was appointed by King Albert II to form the new coalition after more than a year of political deadlock will try to give an executive the country.
A decision that took everyone by surprise, since the negotiations with the Flemish N-VA Bart De Waever are still on the high seas. Elio Di Rupo is likely to become the first Socialist prime minister of Belgium and French since 1974. He was 13th last June that the country was expecting a new government, which he could be seen the sharp political differences between the two majority parties, the PS and N-VA.
Stalemate that did beat the world record in Belgium between the States without a government. Now Di Rupo, officially named "trainer" by King Albert II, will have to agree with the charismatic De Waever, called the "Lion of Flanders". Anything but easy, as the two speak completely different languages, even in content.
At the base of the political is the vexed question of Belgium between Flanders and Wallonia. The poorest first, center-and French-speaking Flanders, the richest, and center-right Flemish language. Kingdom on paper, Belgium is in fact a social, cultural and economic life are very complex, consisting of three language communities (French, Flemish and German) and consists of three regions within a federal state: Flanders in the north, the southern region of Wallonia and Brussels-Capital region in the center.
Differences are amplified on the economy: in Flanders, characterized by an advanced economy (research, innovation, services) and a very rich market (think of Antwerp, the diamond hub of the European market), counterbalanced by a rather Wallonia poor that has not been able to convert its economy, previously based on coal and steel industry.
In Flanders lives on the other hand the majority of the Belgian population, it produces nearly 60% of GDP and the unemployment rate is almost a third of the south. So much so that in recent years the word "secession" was no longer a taboo. Up to the point where many believe that Brussels and the European institutions that have remained home to the only glue for a nation hard to hold together.
At least according to the N-VA party that secession, more or less veiled, its flag policy, gathering an avalanche of votes in Flanders. Own claims for greater autonomy, especially fiscal and reform of the state, pursued vigorously by the N-VA, have so far been to find a stable agreement with other parties, primarily the Ps Di Rupo.
Skeptics opinion leaders from Belgium, the Flemish and Walloons. According to Véronique Lamquin, a columnist for Le Soir, it is a "mission impossible", "not because of the protagonists, but the context." "Imagine an agreement between the PS and the N-VA's asylum, justice, pension reform and socio-economic priorities is a real headache." According to La Libre Belgique, Di Rupo would face a "minefield" with reference to the dissatisfaction of the N-VA for being placed before a fait accompli (the king's decision, ndr) ".
According to Les quotidiens du groupe Sud Presse, the mission is at high risk for Elio Di Rupo, "since, writes Hughes Dances," the king's initiative is a poison pill. " Steven Samyn also pessimistic of De Morgen, that "the possibility that Di Rupo face of proposals that can be shared by the N-VA is almost nonexistent." In the background, the economic and financial situation of the country goes from bad to worse, with government debt to GDP and 96.8% of rating agencies threatening a further downgrade.
The task of Di Rupo looms far from easy. 
A decision that took everyone by surprise, since the negotiations with the Flemish N-VA Bart De Waever are still on the high seas. Elio Di Rupo is likely to become the first Socialist prime minister of Belgium and French since 1974. He was 13th last June that the country was expecting a new government, which he could be seen the sharp political differences between the two majority parties, the PS and N-VA.
Stalemate that did beat the world record in Belgium between the States without a government. Now Di Rupo, officially named "trainer" by King Albert II, will have to agree with the charismatic De Waever, called the "Lion of Flanders". Anything but easy, as the two speak completely different languages, even in content.
At the base of the political is the vexed question of Belgium between Flanders and Wallonia. The poorest first, center-and French-speaking Flanders, the richest, and center-right Flemish language. Kingdom on paper, Belgium is in fact a social, cultural and economic life are very complex, consisting of three language communities (French, Flemish and German) and consists of three regions within a federal state: Flanders in the north, the southern region of Wallonia and Brussels-Capital region in the center.
Differences are amplified on the economy: in Flanders, characterized by an advanced economy (research, innovation, services) and a very rich market (think of Antwerp, the diamond hub of the European market), counterbalanced by a rather Wallonia poor that has not been able to convert its economy, previously based on coal and steel industry.
In Flanders lives on the other hand the majority of the Belgian population, it produces nearly 60% of GDP and the unemployment rate is almost a third of the south. So much so that in recent years the word "secession" was no longer a taboo. Up to the point where many believe that Brussels and the European institutions that have remained home to the only glue for a nation hard to hold together.
At least according to the N-VA party that secession, more or less veiled, its flag policy, gathering an avalanche of votes in Flanders. Own claims for greater autonomy, especially fiscal and reform of the state, pursued vigorously by the N-VA, have so far been to find a stable agreement with other parties, primarily the Ps Di Rupo.
Skeptics opinion leaders from Belgium, the Flemish and Walloons. According to Véronique Lamquin, a columnist for Le Soir, it is a "mission impossible", "not because of the protagonists, but the context." "Imagine an agreement between the PS and the N-VA's asylum, justice, pension reform and socio-economic priorities is a real headache." According to La Libre Belgique, Di Rupo would face a "minefield" with reference to the dissatisfaction of the N-VA for being placed before a fait accompli (the king's decision, ndr) ".
According to Les quotidiens du groupe Sud Presse, the mission is at high risk for Elio Di Rupo, "since, writes Hughes Dances," the king's initiative is a poison pill. " Steven Samyn also pessimistic of De Morgen, that "the possibility that Di Rupo face of proposals that can be shared by the N-VA is almost nonexistent." In the background, the economic and financial situation of the country goes from bad to worse, with government debt to GDP and 96.8% of rating agencies threatening a further downgrade.
The task of Di Rupo looms far from easy.
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