Belgium PM concedes defeat as Christian Democrats dominate i

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Belgian is following the lead of France and Canada by sweeping out the failed ‘socialist’ and Liberal regime that has dominated its government.

[quote]Belgium PM concedes defeat as Christian Democrats dominate in elections
© AP, 2007-06-10 22:05:57

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt conceded defeat Sunday on behalf of his coalition of Liberals and Socialists in general elections that saw the Christian Democrats translating eight years in opposition into major gains.

«The voters of our country today elected a new government and the results of these elections are clear: the voter opted for a different majority,» Verhofstadt said. He is expected to offer King Albert II the resignation of his government on Monday.
PR Inside[/quote]

*edied 1110 hrs

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Canada had a socialist regime?
When was that? Surely not the Bay St. Liberal regime.

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TC, shouldn’t that be Belgian PM instead of Belgium PM? I can’t see you writing “Germany Chancellor” for example.

BroonAntwerpen

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BroonEditor -
AP headline and story. Not my writing.

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[quote=“TainanCowboy”]BroonEditor -
AP headline and story. Not my writing.[/quote]

Is that an America news agency? Might explain it. :smiling_imp:

BroonAgenceFrancePresse

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Well … what to say … now they are going to stay in power for 4 years and than maybe another 4 after that, than the electorate is tired of being ripped off by the christians and vote again for the liberals and socialists … or maybe for the ultra nationalist parties, hoping all the ‘not integrated’ muslims are going to be kicked out … until they are tired again of another failed governance …
We have this changing going on for so many decades … many years ago it’s the christians and the socialist that ruled, than the the christians and the liberals … after that the liberals, socialist and the greens … now who knows …

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But this time around there were several splittist lists, one split off from the Liberals and actually got almost as many votes as the liberals lost … the real losers this time around are the socialists merger list … they lost the number of votes that the christians and the greens won … the ultra nationalist party VB stayed as good as unchanged …
The liberals have a rough few years behind them, in-fighting … not good as the reuslt shows …

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Could I make this a sticky, since I have to point it out every time some right-winger starts crowing about Canada rejecting the evil libruls and socialists?

Election 2006

Conservatives: - 36%

Liberals 30%
NDP (left-wing) 17%
BQ (even lefter-wing) 10%
Green 5%

which leaves close to a 2/3 support of what wingers call ‘the left’ (Canadians generally consider the Liberals to be the party that hugs the yellow line in the middle of the road- that’s why they’re usually in power.)

And the swing to the Cons came because of an overwhelming disgust with Liberal corruption- IOTW, the usual pattern of Canadian politics for more than a century.

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Sorry, make that the usual pattern of Canadian politics for more than 80 years (since MacKenzie King- before that it was more balanced)

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double post