Di Rupo Government Di Rupo Government The Di Rupo Government was the federal cabinet of Belgium sworn in on 6 December 2011, after a record-breaking 541 days of negotiations following the June 2010 elections. The government included social democrats (sp.a/PS), Christian democrats (CD&V/cdH) and liberals (Open Vld/MR), respectively of the Dutch and French language groups. The government notably excluded the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), the Flemish nationalist party which achieved a plurality and became the largest party. Its absence, together with the unwillingness of Open Vld to enter into an eight-party coalition that included the green parties, caused the government coalition to lack
SPD party member vote on the 2018 coalition agreement of Germany which the SPD gained only 20.5%, the worst result ever, then SPD chief Martin Schulz had ruled out a participation of his party in a new federal government with the CDU party of Angela Merkel. Even after the failed coalition talks between CDU, FDP, and Alliance 90/The Greens, the party board stuck to the no decision. But in December 2017 opinions changed, the board voted in favor of exploratory talks. After they were successfully completed, the SPD party entered coalition talks with CDU and CSU parties in January 2018. Martin Schulz had to step back after the coalition talks. All