Political parties in Flanders a majority. Therefore, parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Most current Flemish parties grew from the main political parties that for long dominated Belgian politics: the Catholic Party (Church-oriented and conservative), the Liberal Party (anti-clerical and progressive) and the Socialist Party. These three groups still dominate Flemish politics, but they have evolved substantially in character. In the 21st century however, conservative nationalist parties such as Vlaams Blok/Belang and especially the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) which became the largest party in 2010, were successful and broke the domination of the traditional catholic, liberal and socialist parties. The
2010 Dutch cabinet formation 2010 Dutch cabinet formation Following the Dutch general election of 2010, held on June 9, a process of cabinet formation started, which typically involves 3 phases: On June 10 and 11 the chairs of parliamentary parties ("fractievoorzitters") of the House of Representatives ("Tweede Kamer") gave advice to the Queen on who should be appointed "informateur" and who should be involved in the first information talks. The leaders of the political parties with most seats indicated that an informateur from the VVD, the largest party after the election, should investigate the possibility of a coalition with the PVV, which achieved the