The 2014 Federal and European Elections in Belgium
Highlights: • The Flemish regionalist party N-VA won the elections and entered the federal government. • Flemish radical-right and populist parties suffered heavy losses and became marginal actors. • The French-speaking party system became more fragmented as small political forces entered the federal parliament. • The federal government formation ‘only’ took 139 days (compared to 541 days in 2010). • The incumbent government was replaced by a centre-right cabinet despite its relatively good electoral performance in a difficult economic and institutional context.... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
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Pergamon
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Schlagwörter: | Belgium / Elections |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28928489 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/159257 |
Highlights: • The Flemish regionalist party N-VA won the elections and entered the federal government. • Flemish radical-right and populist parties suffered heavy losses and became marginal actors. • The French-speaking party system became more fragmented as small political forces entered the federal parliament. • The federal government formation ‘only’ took 139 days (compared to 541 days in 2010). • The incumbent government was replaced by a centre-right cabinet despite its relatively good electoral performance in a difficult economic and institutional context.