Belgian Election Victor Picks Negotiator for Flemish Coalition Talks
Looming budget woes may encourage faster government formation.
Looming budget woes may encourage faster government formation.
The nationalist NV-A now has a clear mandate to lead government formation talks.
Vlaams Belang, now topping the polls among Dutch-speaking voters by a large margin, has set Flemish independence on the agenda.
Given that Bart De Wever will not allow Flanders to impoverish itself over the continued propping up of Wallonia, he sees confederalism as the sole option; through this, more authority—and responsibility—will flow to the separate regions.
Vlaams Belang Chairman Tom Van Grieken’s name came up third in the list of those politicians by whom the Flemish feel best represented.