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 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