Christian-democrats back in Belgium

According to Regina Pöll, the results of the elections in Belgium will deepen the division within the country. She predicts that Yves leterme, current prime minister of the region of Flanders and tipped to become the new prime minister of the country, will take more decisive steps in strengthening the autonomy of the two regions than his predecessors. "This will be a thorn in the side of the Francophones of the much poorer southern region of Wallonia, which until now has benefited from the economically more advanced region of Flanders. Separatist tendencies will be reinforced by a series of factors. As well as the Christian Democrats, the separatist Flemish splinter party N-VA also forms part of Leterme's electoral alliance. And the far-right nationalist Vlaams Belang, formerly Vlams Blok, has now become the second-largest force in Flanders in national elections."

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