Belgium elections show rise in separatism

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Series Details 14.6.10
Publication Date 14/06/2010
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Separatist parties emerged as the dominant political force in Belgium following parliamentary elections on the 13 June 2010, presaging a tense summer of negotiations as the divided country sought to piece together a government.

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ESO: Background information: Belgian general election, 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/belgian-general-election-2010/
BBC News, 14.6.10: Belgium's Flemish separatists make big election gains http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10303179.stm
France24, 14.6.10: Flemish separatists in Belgian parliamentary election victory http://www.france24.com/en/20100614-belgium-n-va-win-election-flanders-socialist-party-wallonia-coalition-talks
Deutsche Welle, 14.6.10: Party supporting Belgian division claims election victory http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5680827,00.html
EurActiv, 14.6.10: Flemish nationalists triumph in Belgium http://www.euractiv.com/en/egovernment/flemish-nationalists-triumph-in-belgium-news-495173
PressEurop, 14.6.10: Towards an amicable divorce? http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/273091-towards-amicable-divorce
Spiegel Online International, 14.6.10: Separatists Win Big in Election http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,700527,00.html
Spiegel Online International, 15.6.10: 'Belgium Still Has One Last Chance' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,700797,00.html

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