In the evening of Tuesday October 7, the four negotiating political parties reached an agreement to form a government, a little more than four months after the general election. The main thrusts of its employment and social policy involves raising the retirement age, introducing community service for the long-term unemployed, and implementing stricter conditions for early retirement.
Some 145 days after the general election, a coalition agreement was signed on Tuesday October 7 between the four political parties that will make up the “Swedish”* government. The agreement to form the first ever government in Belgium’s history that includes only one Francophone party versus three Flemish parties came after a final 28-hour marathon negotiating session. The somewhat rightwing coalition chose the President of the Reformist Movement party (MR – French speaking liberal) Charles Michel as Prime Minister.
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