How's the government formation coming along. The current government has a renewed majority, has it not? So I'm guessing the likliest result is that they will continue?
Nope, it looks like it will be a so-called Swedish Coalition with N-VA + CD&V + Open Vld + MR with Kris Peeters from CD&V as PM. The outcome is quite closely intertwined with the government formation in Vlaanderen where N-VA + CD&V + Open Vld will form the new government with Geert Bourgeois from N-VA as Minister-President.
Both the social democrat parties lost votes at the election, so they might not be completely dissatisfied with relinquishing some of the responsibility. Furthermore, MR demanded joining the Wallonie government if they were to continue in federal government with the two other Wallonian parties PS and cdH. PS rejected this and the new Wallonie, and Communauté Française government is therefore only made up of PS and cdH with Paul Magnette and Rudy Demotte from PS as Minister-Presidents.
cdH refused to participate in the centre-right government, probably mainly due to the presence of the Flemish nationalists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Belgian_government_formation
Facinating! Good thing it didn't take them as long time as four years ago.
