Political parties in Belgium Political parties in Belgium Belgium is a federal state with a multi-party political system, with numerous parties who factually have no chance of gaining power alone, and therefore must work with each other to form coalition governments. Almost all Belgian political parties are divided into linguistic groups, either Dutch-speaking parties (see also political parties in Flanders), Francophone parties or Germanophone parties. The Flemish parties operate in Flanders and in the Brussels-Capital Region. The Francophone parties operate in Wallonia and in the Brussels-Capital Region. There are also parties operating in the comparatively small German-speaking community. From the creation of the Belgian
2010 Ukrainian government formation unless the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc faction does it. According to President Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine could not afford early parliamentary elections because "the prolonged political instability would provoke a worsening of the economic crisis in the country". Ukrainian lawmakers formed a new coalition on March 11, 2010 which included Bloc Lytvyn, Communist Party of Ukraine and Party of regions. 235 deputies from the 450-member parliament had signed the coalition agreement. The same day the Our Ukraine- People's Self Defense faction officially announces that would be in opposition to the new coalition. On March 3, 2010 Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko had already moved