Verhofstadt to resign as Prime Minister on March 20

PM Verhofstadt confirmed his intention to leave before Easter at a meeting of party chairs Monday evening.
On Maundy Thursday Verhofstadt will pass the torch on to Yves Leterme. Leterme can then go to the King with his team of ministers to be sworn in, and his government declaration is planned to take place in parliament that Thursday afternoon.

Voters in Belgium Swing Right

Belgian voters moved to the right in favour of the Christian Democrats and the anti-foreigner Vlaams Belang party in Sunday's parliamentary elections, defeating the Liberal-Socialist governing coalition.
The one certainty was the defeat of Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, who had led Belgium since 1999. He quickly took responsibility for the defeat.
'The result of this election is clear,' he said. 'The electorate has voted for a different majority than the one that has steered the country for the last eight years. READ ON