Guy Verhofstadt

The truth behind Belgium's National Day

expatica.com     Jul 21, 2008   1 related          

Belgium's National Day does not commemorate the day where she declared independence from the Netherlands in 1830. BELGIUM – Many people, including Belgium's leading politicians, can't remember exactly why 21 July is our...                

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King Refuses to Accept Belgian PM's Resignation

epochtimes.com     Jul 18, 2008   61 related          

BRUSSELS—Belgian King Albert refused to accept Prime Minister Yves Leterme's resignation on Thursday and asked three senior politicians to seek a way out of the country's political deadlock. Leterme submitted his government's...                

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King refuses to accept Belgian PM's resignation

thestar.com.my     Jul 18, 2008   3 related          

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian King Albert refused to accept Prime Minister Yves Leterme's resignation on Thursday and asked three senior politicians to seek a way out of the country's political deadlock. Belgium's Flemish right...                

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King refuses to accept Belgian PM's resignation

abc.net.au     Jul 18, 2008   3 related          

King Albert II of Belgium has refused to accept Prime Minister Yves Leterme's resignation and has asked three senior politicians to seek a way out of the country's political deadlock. Mr Leterme submitted his government's...                

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Belgium set for new political merry-go-round

euronews.net     Jul 18, 2008   3 related          

A fresh game of political chess is beginning in Belgium following the King’s refusal to accept the prime minister’s resignation. Yves Leterme, leader of the Flemish Christian Democrats, went to the King on Thursday after a...                

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Belgium's pitiful politics

economist.com     Jul 16, 2008   152 related          

The woeful state of Belgian politicsBelgium has been plunged into yet another political crisis after the prime minister, Yves Leterme, offered his resignation on July 15th over a long-running dispute on regional autonomy. His...                

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telegraph.co.uk: Nicolas Sarkozy has been turning the screw on Ireland in recent days telegraph.co.uk

EU Treaty: Nicolas Sarkozy blames Peter Mandelson for defeat

telegraph.co.uk     Jun 20, 2008   48 related          

By James Kirkup and Bruno Waterfield in Brussels Ireland's rejection of the EU treaty has sparked a row between Britain and France after Nicolas Sarkozy blamed Peter Mandelson for alienating voters. Mr Sarkozy made the attack...                

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Bertie Ahern will not be President of Europe.

dailyreferendum.blogspot.com     Jun 14, 2008   1 related          

From William Hill:Bookies Push Out Bertie's Odds To Become European Council PresidentWilliam Hill believe that Ireland’s NO vote in the Lisbon Treaty have effectively ended Bertie Ahern’s chances of becoming the first permanent...                

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A 'George Washington' for Europe

hnn.us     Jun 13, 2008          

Source: BBC News | World | Europe (6-13-08)From January 2009, the European Union will have its own president to chair EU summits and unite the views of 27 member states. Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing has...                

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Lazard to Hire Ex-Belgian Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff

nytimes.com     Jun 10, 2008   4 related          

Lazard said Tuesday that it has hired the former chief of staff to Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt as a managing director for its European investment banking team, in what is the firm’s second major political hiring over...                

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