Sent_en: 2zh On December 28, 2008, he was asked by King Albert II to form a new Government after he was reluctant to take up the role of Prime Minister after the Leterme I government had fallen on 22 December 2008 due to the bank bailout scandal.
Sent_yy: 2008年12月28日，国王阿尔伯特二世要求他组建新政府。此前，2008年12月22日由于银行纾困丑闻，莱特姆一世政府倒台，他不愿出任首相一职。