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  • Belgium PM to resign after conservatives make big gains in general elections

    06/10/2007 11:47:37 PM PDT · by bruinbirdman · 4 replies · 615+ views
    Chronicle Journal ^ | 6/10/2007 | ROBERT WIELAARD
    Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt planned to tender his government’s resignation Monday, one day after a general election in which conservatives - led by Christian Democrats - dealt his Socialist-Liberal coalition a stunning defeat. As votes were still being counted Sunday, Verhofstadt, 54, conceded defeat, saying he would leave the limelight after eight years as prime minister. "The voters of our country...have opted for a different majority," he said. That majority faces a difficult agenda that is bound to be dominated by steps to grant further autonomy to Flanders, Belgium’s Dutch-speaking northern half, and Wallonia, its francophone south. Since the...