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
Centre-left coalition The coalition had five regional partners: Negotiations with Democratic Union for Consumers failed. In the 2018 general election the coalition is composed of four electoral lists: The coalition has seven regional partners: The Centre-left coalition was also supported by the Ladin Autonomist Union and the Slovene Union. Centre-left coalition The centre-left coalition () is a political alliance of political parties in Italy active, under several forms and names, since 1995 when The Olive Tree was formed under the leadership of Romano Prodi. The centre-left coalition ruled the country for more than twelve years between 1996 and 2018. In the 1996