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
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