New bid to break Belgian deadlock over government

Since Belgium's election in June 2010, the parties have failed to form a coalition. A new proposal by Belgium's latest mediator on the 3 January 2011 tried to find a compromise for the two deeply divided Flanders and Wallonia regions.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Belgian general election, 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/belgian-general-election-2010/

ESO: Background information: 'Belgium Has No Future' http://www.europeansources.info/record/belgium-has-no-future/

Deutsche Welle, 3.1.11: Belgium renews efforts to form a new government http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14749972,00.html

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