When federalism is not enough. Belgium is going through the longest political crisis of the old continent and now threatens to secede: ben 223 days without a government since the elections last June. Beating the previous European record of Holland (208 days in 1977), now looks to Iraq (289 days). At the bottom, the outsider Côte d'Ivoire for 55 days without executive.The origin of all, the division between the Flemish separatist party N-VA and the Walloon Socialist Party PS, unable to reach agreement after six months of negotiations. Tip the scales in language issues, taxation and reform of the federal state between the Flemish and Walloons, never resolved a controversy that reached its peak in recent days.
