Hard work starts for Belgium's likely premier
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Outgoing Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt resigned on Monday, clearing the way for his likely successor to start the tough task of forming a stable government after Sunday's general election.
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The race opens this week for the prize of carrying the opposition Socialist Party (PS) banner in France's approaching elections, with the star of the opinion polls Segolene Royal well-positioned to pursue her bid to be the country's first woman president.
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Belgians voted on Sunday in an election expected to replace Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt with the premier of Flanders who wants more power for his Dutch-speaking region.
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JosÃ© Manuel DurÃ£o Barroso, the incoming president of the European Commission, is expecting to have to make a clutch of changes to the line-up of his executive if he is to get it past a rebellious European Parliament.
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BRUSSELS -- Belgian voters punished the outgoing liberal-socialist government in an election yesterday and cleared the way for Flemish leader Yves Leterme to become prime minister.
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Belgian voters go to the polls in an election which is likely to see PM Guy Verhofstadt struggle to keep his job.
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Belgian authorities plan to step up security measures following a terrorist threat, officials said on Friday.
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THE French president promoted a staunch ally to replace a popular finance minister, strengthening his hand ahead of an expected struggle for the governing party&#39;s 2007 presidential nomination.
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Albert II, King of the Belgians, has been confronted with the first great test of his reign by the political crisis pitting the Flemish and French-speaking communities against each other.
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French-speaking politicians see a better chance of claiming the top job in the country's upcoming election, but the favorites remain Flemish
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Leaders of Belgium's feuding Dutch- and French-speaking parties agreed Wednesday to form an interim government to run the country in the short term, while a more permanent solution to the political crisis is sought.
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Belgians began voting on Sunday in an election expected to replace Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt with the premier of Flanders who wants more power for his Dutch-speaking region.
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France's popular, hard-driving finance minister -- moved a step closer to realizing his ambition to become the country's next president with his election as head of the ruling Union for a Popular Majority ...
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Guy Verhofstadt, Belgium's prime minister, was trying to stop the crisis wrecking his coalition government yesterday, although doctors told him to work from home after he broke two ribs in a car accident on ...
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Beleaguered European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso began work today facing growing calls for action against two of his new 24-strong team.
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso sets out his work plan, with an emphasis on prosperity.
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Belgium's interim PM faces a vote of confidence as he seeks to end months of political paralysis.