Belgian negotiations on creating a coalition government following the June elections collapsed once again on Monday (4 October) as Dutch- and French-speaking politicians failed to agree on fundamental reform of the state.
The leader of the Flemish nationalist N-VA party, Bart de Wever, the overall winner at the polls, pulled the plug on the talks saying: "We have to clear the table, put the clocks back to zero and try to start again."
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