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Brussels Government Reaches Coalition Agreement After 600-Day Deadlock
The coalition ends a 613-day stalemate with a plan targeting a balanced budget by 2029 and reforms in mobility, housing, and security, uniting seven parties across language lines.
- On Thursday night, negotiators from seven parties struck a coalition deal after more than 600 days of deadlock, following nearly three days of conclave-style talks at the University Foundation building.
- The deadlock stemmed from Brussels' bilingual majority requirement and deep divides after the June 9, 2024 regional elections, with repeated collapses of the seven parties prolonging the crisis and Prime Minister Bart De Wever warning of reputational damage.
- The deal brings together Mouvement Réformateur, Socialist Party, Les Engagés, Groen, Vooruit, Open Vld, and CD&V, controlling 55 of 89 seats, with policy pillars including a 2029 balanced budget and amendments to Good Move.
- The impasse left projects frozen and subsidies suspended as outgoing Minister-President Rudi Vervoort and caretaker ministers had little power to address the budget, while Standard & Poor's kept Brussels on a negative outlook.
- Critics questioned the speed and creative accounting, including 250 million and 1.2 billion Vivaqua debt, after Georges‑Louis Bouchez said `Everyone realised how urgent the situation was`.
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The Brussels region was without a city government for over 600 days after the last elections, but the parties finally reached an agreement to resolve the deadlock.
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Brussels government reaches coalition agreement after 600-day deadlock
Brussels' complex institutional set-up was a complicating factor in the coalition talks. To be sworn in, a government needed to hold a majority in both of the local parliament's two linguistic groups, each of which has different parties.
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Brussels has finally concluded a regional government, after the parties reached an agreement over 600 days of negotiations, reports POLICY.
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right3Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution39% Left, 38% Center
Bias Distribution
- 39% of the sources lean Left, 38% of the sources are Center
39% Left
L 39%
C 38%
R 23%
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