2007–08 Belgian government formation partition of Belgium. On November 6, the formation talks became the longest in Belgian history. When the Parliament confirmed the formation of an interim Government, it had been 196 days since the Belgian people had voted out the previous coalition. It was the second longest formation period in European history, after the Dutch record of 208 days in 1977. Talks were interrupted twice by the resignation of the "formateur", which left the political parties waiting for a new appointment by the King. Guy Verhofstadt was appointed as mediator on December 3, with the task not only of looking into the
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