Fortis

...and fears that Belgium might break apart. He resigned last year over allegations of political interference in the sale of the stricken Fortis bank, but was later cleared of wrongdoing. Current Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy is...

In this article: Yves Leterme, Belgium, Allegation, Jean-Luc Dehaene, and Brussels

...smaller today. Prime Minister Yves Leterme of Belgium and European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet make an unprecedented joint appearance to announce the rescue of Fortis, a Belgian-Dutch financial conglomerate. Fortis is...

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...house of parliament since July 2007. The trained economist inherited a fragile government coalition and a nation facing a global economic crisis that had crippled Belgian banking giant Fortis. He had previously served as budget...

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...Yves Leterme is seen in his office in Brussels. On Friday Dec. 19, 2008 Prime Minister Yves Leterme offered the resignation of his government over the handling of the botched Fortis bank bailout. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

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...has been in an emergency cabinet meeting Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has offered his government's resignation amid a growing row over the break-up and sale of the stricken bank, Fortis. King Albert II has deferred the decision on...

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...incompatible . . . state reform remains essential". Along with his counterparts in the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Leterme decided to nationalize ailing financial-services company Fortis . The company was split and the Belgian government sold...

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The new premier, Herman van Rompuy, 61, succeeds fellow Christian Democrat Yves Leterme whose government quit Dec. 19 amid allegations that Leterme and his justice minister interfered in a court case dealing with the sale of Fortis Bank.

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...on Friday. King Albert has held a series of consultations since Leterme offered the government's resignation over its handling of the Fortis <FOR.BR> bank rescue, but a route out of the crisis has yet to emerge. Here are possible...

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...said. The president of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, also met with Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme on Sunday in Brussels to discuss a solution for Fortis, a spokesperson for Leterme told Belga news agency. Leterme...

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