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BELGIUM-POLITICS-DEMO
Demonstrators hold up banners as they take part in a protest to demand the split of the 'Brussels and Halle-Vilvorde' (BHV) in Vilvoorde, on April 22, 2010. Belgium plunged into political crisis on Thursday as Prime Minister Yves Leterme threw in the towel after a key Flemish party quit his coalition government two months before the country assumes the EU chair. Yves Leterme's decision to offer his resignation was forced when his Flemish liberal allies, the Open VLD, quit the five-party coalition earlier over a long-running row between the country's Dutch-speaking and francophone communities over electoral rules in flashpoint suburbs of Brussels.Open VLD took its decision to walk out after lengthy talks between parties from the two linguistic regions failed to reach a deal over the special voting rights which apply to French speakers in the Brussels-Hal-Vilvorde suburbs, where around 100,000 francophones live.
AFP PHOTO BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK
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Vilvoorde, Vlaams Brabant (VLG), BELGIUM |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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NICOLAS MAETERLINCK |
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22 Aprilie 2010 |
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