| Author (Corporate) | Cardiff EDC (Compiler) |
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| Publication Date | May 2019 |
| Content Type | Overview |
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Summary: Reports and analyses related to the federal election held in Belgium on 30 May 2019. Further information: Belgians choose separate candidates and parties, depending on the region they live in. As in the past political leaders found it difficult to put together a viable government in Belgium taking into account the linguistic and cultural divide in the country. The far-right Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest) scored a huge win in the northern region of Flanders, finishing second with 18, 75%, after right-wing New Flemish Alliance (N-VA (24,9%)). The win of these right-wing parties stands in contrast to a win of the Greens in Brussels and the results in Wallonia, where the Socialist PS suffered losses, but remained the strongest party in the region with 26,2% of votes, followed by Prime Minister Charles Michel's liberal MR party on 21, 4%. Green party Ecolo nearly tripled its score to 14,5%. The process of forming a new federal government was expected to become very difficult due to the shift to the left in French-speaking south and to the right in Dutch-speaking North. |
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| Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
| Subject Tags | Parliamentary | Legislative Elections |
| Countries / Regions | Belgium |
