Belgium set for record amid talks impasse

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Series Details 2.11.07
Publication Date 02/11/2007
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Since a general election in June 2007, Belgium has been gripped by political impasse. Now, it is poised to break a thankless record: its longest-ever talks to form a government.

Unless negotiators confound expectations and strike a deal beforehand, the linguistically divided nation will on 6 November 2007 set a mark of 149 consecutive days without a new coalition.

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