The Belgian government of prime minister Yves Leterme is facing a new crisis and a possible collapse, after the Flemish center-right nationalist party N-VA left the coalition on Sunday (21 September) and announced it would no longer take part in talks on state reforms.
"We are no longer part of this federal coalition government," N-VA party leader Bart de Wewer said, according to the French news agency AFP.
The N-VA is part of the seven-party coalition government which was only fo...
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