Only last year, Yves Leterme said Belgium was an "accident of history" and of "no intrinsic value." Now, the 46-year-old Flemish politician is the country's likely new prime minister. If he follows through on his campaign promises, he might just end up strengthening the union.His conservative Christian Democrats emerged as the strongest party from Sunday's election, with 18.5% of the national vote. Guy Verhofstadt, who led a Liberal-Socialist coalition for the past eight years, resigned.
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