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
53rd government of Turkey to withdraw from the government and formed another coalition with the Welfare Party (RP) on 28 June. 53rd government of Turkey The 53rd government of Turkey (6 March 1996 – 28 June 1996), known as ""ANAYOL"" or ""Second Mesut Yılmaz government"," was a coalition government formed by True Path Party (DYP) and Motherland Party (ANAP). In the elections held on 24 December 1995, five parties entered the parliament with no party holding the majority. The coalition talks continued for more than two months, and finally, two parties, Motherland Party (ANAP) and True Path Party (DYP), agreed to form the coalition.