Belgium will get a new prime minister after the conservatives – led by the Christian Democrats – defeated the socialist-liberal coalition in a move that will see the end of Guy Verhofstadt's eight-year term in office.
Yves Leterme looks set to be the next prime minister of Belgium after his Flemish Christian Democrats CD&V and New Flemish Alliance N-VA emerged as the largest political formation with 29.6 percent of the vote cast on Sunday (10 June).
Mr Leterme - born of Walloon an...
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