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Belgium's Government Resigns After General Vote

Published by Novinite on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 11:11

Belgian Prime Minister Elio di Ruppo submitted on Monday the resignation of his cabinet to King Phillippe.

Di Ruppo, whose government will have a caretaker capacity until a new administration is formed, saw his Socialists being defeated by the Flemish nationalist and separatist party at the general polls held alongside European elections Sunday, as BusinessWeek reported.