The 2014 Belgian elections will test whether the country has learned the lessons from the political deadlock of 2010

Dandoy, Régis (2014) The 2014 Belgian elections will test whether the country has learned the lessons from the political deadlock of 2010. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (24 Feb 2014). Website.

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Alongside the European Parliament elections in May, Belgium will also hold simultaneous federal and regional elections. Régis Dandoy assesses the role of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) in the elections. The N-VA, which advocates the independence of Flanders from Belgium, emerged as the largest Belgian party in the 2010 federal elections, but the country endured 20 months of negotiations before a government was finally formed. He notes that with the N-VA likely to receive similar levels of support in 2014, lessons from the 2010 crisis will need to be taken on board if the same impasse between Flemish and Francophone parties is to be avoided.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2014 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	03 Apr 2017 12:56
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 13:56
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72132

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