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Belgium: Right-wing strikes deal to lead new government

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Belgium: Right-wing strikes deal to lead new government – DW – 02/01/2025

Summary

Belgium’s right-wing New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) leader Bart De Wever will lead a five-party coalition government, marking the first time a nationalist will hold the position of prime minister.

The coalition, which excludes the far-right Vlaams Belang party, holds an 81-seat majority in Belgium’s 150-seat parliament.

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What messages have these parties been campaigning on?
- Privatizing public health care. Changing our federal structure to confederalism. No more money transfers to the poorer southern region, which also happens to speak a different language. Identity politics.
  
  I know nothing about the internal workings of Belgium but those all sound like awful policies.
  
  Cause everyone in murica Is happy with the health care???
  
  I think those of us who know better would be surprised to really see how gullible people are when their basest hatred and fear are spoken to.
  I mean, which sociologist was it that said humans seem to go through about a 70-80year fascism cycle? And here we are, proving them right.

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