Belgium: Government Falls

Release Date 23 Apr, 2010 in New York Times

Belgium: Government Falls New York Times - Steven Erlanger - 23 Apr, 2010 The government collapsed Thursday over an ongoing dispute on language rights in a bilingual voting district. Prime Minister Yves Leterme offered the government's resignation to King Albert II after the Flemish-speaking Liberals quit ...
	Belgian PM Yves Leterme offers to stand down BBC News - 23 Apr, 2010 Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has decided to resign after a key partner withdrew from his governing coalition. Mr Leterme visited King Albert to tender his government's resignation following an emergency cabinet meeting on Thursday. ...
	Why the Belgian Prime Minister Might Not Really Want to Resign Atlantic Online - 23 Apr, 2010 International news wires are erupting with reports that Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has tendered his resignation to King Albert II. The resignation, over Leterme's failure to resolve a complex political dispute between the country's ...
	Belgian government collapses after party quits coalition The Guardian - 23 Apr, 2010 Open VLD chairman, Alexander De Croo, speaks at a press conference after the party quit the Belgian coalition, causing the government to collapse. Photograph: Benoit Doppagne/EPA The collapse of the Belgian government has thrown into doubt plans to ...
Belgium's Coalition Government Collapses Voice of America - Lisa Bryant - 23 Apr, 2010 Photo: AP Belgium's coalition government collapsed for the second time in a little more than a year when a key party withdrew its support and Prime Minister Yves Leterme tendered his resignation. It was not immediately clear whether Belgium's King ...
World update: Thailand's political turmoil intensifies CNN (blog) - 23 Apr, 2010 Thailand protests - There is concern on the streets of Bangkok that confrontations are sliding towards civil war. One person was killed and dozens injured on Thursday in a series of explosions, some of them near government protesters. ...
Belgian prime minister offers to quit CNN - 23 Apr, 2010 (CNN) -- Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has offered to resign amid a political dispute, the press office of the Belgian parliament said Thursday. The Belgian king has not yet accepted the prime minister's offer, the Royal Palace press office said. ...
Belgium PM Quits Due to Dutch-French Divide The Epoch Times - Peter Valk - 23 Apr, 2010 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - APRIL 22: Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme (L) attends an audience with King Albert II (R) of Belgium at the Royal Palace on April 22, 2008 in Brussels, Belgium. (Pool/Getty Images) A deeply rooted dispute between ...
Belgian King Seeks to Keep Premier Leterme in Office BusinessWeek - John Martens - 23 Apr, 2010 April 22 (Bloomberg) -- King Albert II sought to prevent Belgium's government from collapsing, urging Prime Minister Yves Leterme to make a new effort to stay in power at a time of economic and social crisis. The monarch, 75, refused to ...
Belgian politics in crisis as Prime Minister quits again Times Online - David Charter - 23 Apr, 2010 It is an unenviable record: quitting twice, forgetting the national anthem and insulting half the population by calling them lazy or stupid. Yesterday Europe's most accident-prone Prime Minister threw in the towel for a third time, plunging Belgium ...
Belgian king in talks to save the government European Voice - Constant Brand - 23 Apr, 2010 The king of Belgium, Albert II, is trying to save the Belgian government from collapse after Prime Minister Yves Leterme offered to resign. The king has been in talks with party leaders a day after the Flemish liberal Open VLD party ...
Fall of Belgium coalition threatens its Brussels chair role Financial Times - 23 Apr, 2010 By Stanley Pignal in Brussels The Belgian government was in turmoil yesterday after the federal coalition collapsed, driven apart by tensions between French and Dutch-speaking factions that will threaten the upcoming presidency of the European Union. ...
23/04/2010Belgian press fears for country's future as coalition crumbles Expatica Belguim - 23 Apr, 2010 "Bye, Bye Belgium", "Is there still a reason for this country?": the front pages of Belgian newspapers Friday reflected growing fears over the country's future after another government collapse. The country's faultline runs along its linguistic divide ...
EU in turmoil over Belgian prime minister's resignation TheParliament.com - 23 Apr, 2010 Veteran Belgian MEP Dirk Sterckx says his Liberal colleagues had "no option" other than to pull out of the ruling government coalition in Belgium. Sterckx was reacting to Belgian prime minister Yves Leterme's decision on Thursday to resign after a key ...
Belgians Await King Albert's Decision On Gov't Resignation Eurasia Review - 23 Apr, 2010 Belgium is once again in political crisiis due to a row between the French- and Dutch-speaking communities of the European country. Prime Minister Yves Leterme offered King Albert II his government's resignation Thursday after the Flemish Liberals ...
	Belgian Prime Minister resigns again Press TV - 23 Apr, 2010 Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has stepped down for the third time following the resignation of a key member of his five-party ruling coalition, according to Press TV. "There was no other choice but for the government to resign," Finance Minister ...
	Belgium plunged into crisis as PM offers resignation AFP - 23 Apr, 2010 BRUSSELS �" Belgium plunged into political crisis on Thursday as Prime Minister Yves Leterme threw in the towel after a key Flemish party quit his coalition government two months before the country assumes the EU chair. The situation was in flux, ...
FACTBOX-Facts about Belgian PM Yves Leterme Reuters - 23 Apr, 2010 April 22 (Reuters) - Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme lost the support of one of his coalition partners on Thursday, leaving his government in danger of collapse. Below are some facts about Leterme, a Flemish Christian Democrat. ...
	Belgian PM tenders resignation to king Irish Times - Arthur Beesley - 23 Apr, 2010 BELGIUM'S NOTORIOUSLY fragile politics plunged into a new bout of turmoil with the collapse of its government only five months after prime minister Yves Leterme came to power for a second time. Mr Leterme tendered his resignation to King Albert after ...
23/04/2010EU hopes for end to Belgian political crisis Expatica Belguim - 23 Apr, 2010 The European Union expressed hope Friday that Belgium would overcome its political crisis, and played down concerns about its upcoming turn at the helm of the 27-nation bloc. "I hope this situation in Belgium will be resolved," said Spanish Foreign ...
Belgium in chaos as PM quits over burqa Herald Sun - 23 Apr, 2010 THE collapse of the Belgian coalition government has prevented the country's parliament from voting in Europe's first ban on wearing the Islamic burqa in public. Prime Minister Yves Leterme offered to quit after the coalition broke down, throwing the ...
Belgian PM resigns UPI.com - 23 Apr, 2010 BRUSSELS, April 22 (UPI) -- Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterne delivered a letter of resignation Thursday to King Albert II after a Flemish party pulled out of his coalition. The king was still considering whether to accept the resignation, ...
	Belgians await King's decision euronews - 23 Apr, 2010 The Belgian government has effectively collapsed, barely two months before the country takes over the EU presidency. It followed a decision by the Flemish Liberal party to pull out of the governing coalition. The move prompted delight among Flemish ...
Belgium Parliament Suspends Vote on Veil Ban Vatican Radio - 23 Apr, 2010 (23 April 10-RV) Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme's government collapsed yesterday after the Flemish liberal party pulled out of his five-month-old coalition. Leterme, tendered his government's resignation to King Albert after an emergency cabinet ...
Leterme resigns The Hindu - 23 Apr, 2010 A possible ban on the burqa in Belgium got a respite on Thursday after the government tendered its resignation following a linguistic spat between the governing coalition partners. Premier Yves Leterme's government collapsed after negotiations broke ...
	Belgian Government Collapses After Losing Coalition Support RTT News - 23 Apr, 2010 (RTTNews) - Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has resigned after a leading Flemish liberal party withdrew its support to the ruling coalition government over a row between the Dutch-speaking and Francophone communities. ...
Belgian government collapses over linguistic differences IrishExaminer.com - 23 Apr, 2010 Belgian Premier Yves Leterme's government collapsed after negotiations broke down to resolve a long-simmering dispute between Dutch- and French-speaking politicians over a bilingual voting district. Dutch-speaking Liberals, one of Mr Leterme's five ...
	Language at the centre of Belgian political row euronews - 23 Apr, 2010 Tensions between the French and Flemish- speaking communities in the BHV region are to blame for the current political crisis in Belgium. Residents can decide which language their area speaks, but those who speak Flemish are not accepting French. ...
Belgian prime minister offers resignation to king Deutsche Welle - 23 Apr, 2010 Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has tendered his resignation after his government fell apart. However, the country's King Albert II withheld his decision on whether to accept. Before leaving for the royal palace on Thursday, Yves Leterme informed ...
UPI NewsTrack TopNews UPI.com - 23 Apr, 2010 BRUSSELS, April 22 (UPI) -- An anticipated Belgian Parliament vote on banning wearing the Islamic burqa in public Thursday was disrupted when the country's coalition government collapsed. Prime Minister Yves Leterme tendered his resignation after a key ...