Negotiations on the Belgian Government will resume August 19

In July, King of the Belgians Albert II invited the Flemish and Walloon politicians to take a break until mid-August in the negotiation process. At the same monarch accepted the resignation of so-called "formators" coalition, the head of the Socialist Party of Wallonia – French-speaking region of Belgium – Elio Di Rupo. Petition for rejection di Rupo has filed July 8 after a Flemish nationalist party leader – "New Flemish Alliance» (NVA) – Bart de waiver refused to negotiate on the basis of political guidelines proposed by the Socialist-Francophone. Now, the negotiation process will be the heads of the eight political parties – PS, MR, cdH, Ecolo, Groen!, CD & V, sp.a and Open Vld – without de waiver, an organization which won in June 2010, a resounding victory in elections to the Federal Parliament of Belgium , gaining most votes in Flanders niderlandoyazychnoy. Flemish nationalists did not agree that the proposals of the socialists in the field of economic reforms allegedly failed to comply with the recommendations of the European Union and OECD, as well as lead to a collapse in the area of taxation. The leader of the "New Flemish Alliance" also unhappy with the proposals di Rupo to ensure greater financial independence of regions of Belgium. De waiver initially insisted that in their possession should be left up to 40-50% of budget revenues from taxes, than they disagree Francophones. As observers, de waiver, for its part, aims to hold new elections early in the Belgian Parliament, where he and his party, according to polls, can improve their previous results. However, a new election not want the rest of the Flemish and Walloon political parties involved in negotiations on forming a coalition government. Belgium set a world record for the duration of the political crisis is over 400 days of country living without the federal government, which was to be formed following parliamentary elections in 2010. Despite the political crisis, it has been successfully operating the interim government Yves Leterme, whose resignation was the occasion for early parliamentary elections in 2010: he was able to reduce its budget deficit in 2010 to 4.3% of GDP, and up to 2011 it is planned to reduce to 3 6%.