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FACTBOX-Key facts about Belgium's Yves Leterme...for five years from 1992, specialising in agriculture. He became head of the Christian Democrats' parliamentary group in 2001, and in 2004 he became the premier of Dutch-speaking Flanders. He is married and has three children. * For a related... In this article: Yves Leterme, Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy, Christian Democrat, Liberation, Karel De Gucht, and Fortis |
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Wikipedia | October 24, 2009
Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams
...held alongside European elections. CD&V led by Yves Leterme won these elections, partly by forming a cartel with the moderate nationalist N-VA, and retook its historic position as largest party in Flanders. On the 20th of July 2004 Yves...
In this article: Yves Leterme, Christian Democratic and Flemish, Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium, and Christian democracy
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www.washingtonpost.com | September 11, 2007
Belgium Studies Czechoslovakia Breakup
...politicians, and comparisons with Czechoslovakia keep popping up. For the moment, the key political players in the north, such as Flanders' Christian Democratic premier Kris Peeters and his predecessor Yves Leterme, are intensifying...
In this article: Belgium, Brussels, Vladimir Meciar, Slovakia, Prague, and Democracy
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Breaking News, Analysis, Opinions, Multimedia and Blogs - TIME | July 16, 2008
Mission Impossible: Leading Belgium
...reforms aimed at giving more autonomy to Belgium's increasingly estranged constituent provinces, French-speaking Wallonia and Dutch-speaking Flanders. King Albert II has yet to accept Leterme's resignation, so he remains a caretaker prime...
In this article: Yves Leterme, Belgium, Brussels, Albert II, Inflation, and Groundhog Day
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Leterme named Belgian PM
...a major reform of the state. Verhofstadt, who has led the country since 1999, was reappointed at the end of December after Leterme twice failed to form a government following June parliamentary elections. Verhofstadt said then he would...
In this article: Yves Leterme, Guy Verhofstadt, Christian Democrat, Ghent University, Karel De Gucht, Didier Reynders, Dexia, and Belgium
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There's No Revolution in Belgium. Really
...so widely condemned on Thursday. "It is abhorrent. It defies belief. It is a caricature of Flanders," said Yves Leterme, the Minister-President of the Flemish region. His counterpart from Wallonia, Elio di Rupo, was just as negative.
In this article: Belgium, RTBF, Queen Paola, European Union, Elio Di Rupo, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Yves Leterme
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Guardian Unlimited | December 01, 2007
Belgium's survival in question
...coalition partners on the future. His demands focused on action to reform the federal structures of Belgium, appeasing Flemish separatism by granting greater powers to Flanders and weakening central government. His Christian Democrat...
In this article: Yves Leterme, Belgium, Brussels, Separatism, Christian Democrat, and Europe
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Belgium Forms Govt After 9-Month Crisis
...and would split, dissolving Belgium. Leterme's efforts to form a government collapsed in December after he failed to get Francophone parties to commit to shift more powers to Flanders and Wallonia. French-speakers fear that a devolution...
In this article: Yves Leterme, Belgium, Brussels, Tax, Liberal Democrats, and Albert II
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Reuters | December 20, 2008
SCENARIOS-What next for Belgium after government collapse?
...RESUMES Leterme tendered his resignation in July after failing to reconcile Dutch-speaking parties' demands to give their Flemish region more power with French-speaking parties' fears that such a move could split the country. The king...
In this article: Yves Leterme, Fortis, Guy Verhofstadt, Ghent University, EU, BNP Paribas, and Jean-Luc Dehaene
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Belgian Premier Offers Resignation
...in Europe. "It is absolutely necessary that in the years ahead we shift" more powers away from the federal government to Flanders and Wallonia, Yves Leterme, head of the Dutch-speaking Christian Democrats, said Sunday. In his eight...
In this article: Guy Verhofstadt, Belgium, Yves Leterme, and Brussels
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right|200|thumb|The Flemish region, the major part of Flanders in red (northern half of Belgium).
Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen, French: Flandre) is the (political) community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Over the course of history, the geographical territory that was called "Flanders" has varied.
In contemporary Belgium, Flanders might be understood as the 'country of the Flemings'. This covers the north of Belgium Flemish Region and includes the Brussels Capital Region, the latter being shared with French speakers.
For the last few decades, with the legal establishment of the Flemish Community (de Vlaamse Gemeenschap), the Flemings have their own political institutions. The parliament and government are the governing institutions of Flanders. There is also a geographical, political and administrative entity called the Flemish Region (het Vlaams Gewest) but it has ceded all its competencies to the Flemish Community. Thus, the institutions of the Community govern both the Community and the Region. The capital city of Flanders is Brussels.
Previously, Flanders formed a county, the County of Flanders, which extended over:
*The Belgian provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders
*The French region French Flanders in the department Nord-Pas de Calais
*The Dutch region Zeelandic Flanders (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen) in the province of Zeeland
Related to these geographical or political uses of the noun 'Flanders', and the adjective 'Flemish', they may also be used to describe several other distinct (but inter-connected) cultural, geographical, historical, linguistic or political items or entities.
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