Guy Verhofstadt

...Flemish community against the francophones - is proving a challenge. Potential candidates include Jean-Luc Dehaene and Guy Verhofstadt, both former prime ministers; Hermann van Rompuy, president of the lower house of parliament;...

In this article: Fortis, Financial crisis, Yves Leterme, Brussels, Belgium, Didier Reynders, BNP Paribas, and Wilfried Martens

...commentators have pointed out that Van Rompuy's appointment must be particularly painful for another former Belgian prime minister, Guy Verhofstadt, who also came close to becoming Commission president, but was vetoed by Tony Blair five years...

In this article: Herman Van Rompuy, EU, Belgium, Europe, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Economics, Turkey, Elio Di Rupo, and Yves Leterme

On his first day as formateur, Leterme met with outgoing Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt (Open Vld), the new President of the Chamber of Representatives , Herman Van Rompuy (CD&V), and the new President of the Senate , Armand De Decker (MR ).

In this article: Yves Leterme, Herman Van Rompuy, Didier Reynders, Joelle Milquet, and Albert II

...that he is too left-wing. Other possible successors include the president of the lower house of parliament, Herman Van Rompuy, Guy Verhofstadt, the former prime minister brought back by the king last year, and outsiders Finance Minister...

In this article: Belgium, Fortis, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Yves Leterme, European Union, Recession, Ghent University, Didier Reynders, and Herman Van Rompuy

...Jean-Luc Dehaene to end his reign of 8 years. This meant a victory for the Flemish Liberals and Democrats(VLD) and Guy Verhofstadt, who would become prime minister of Belgium until 2007. Green parties Ecolo and Agalev were also able to...

In this article: Dioxin, Chicken, Jean-Luc Dehaene, and Belgium

Remember Britain's veto in 1994 of Jean-Luc Dehaene as president of the European Commission (the EU's executive branch), or the failed Franco-German attempt to squeeze a later Belgian prime minister, Guy Verhofstadt, into the job in 2004?

In this article: European Union, American presidential election, Jean-Claude Trichet, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Tony Blair, and Wim Duisenberg

...as planned regional and EU votes. An elder statesman such as Verhofstadt, his predecessor Jean-Luc Dehaene or Herman Van Rompuy, president of the lower house of parliament, might be possible stand-ins. The government would have prescribed...

In this article: Fortis, Yves Leterme, Flanders, Belgium, Allegation, and Ghent University

...the second government of Jean-Luc Dehaene. Since 12 July 1999 he has served as Minister of Defence in both governments of Guy Verhofstadt, Verhofstadt I (1999-2003) and Verhofstadt II (2003-2007). In 2009, he demanded the recall of the...

In this article: Andre Flahaut, Walhain, Political science, AIDS Prevention, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Jean-Luc Dehaene, and Pope Benedict XVI

...Britain vetoes Jean-Luc Dehaene and Prodi was backed by a coalition of thirteen states against the Franco-German preference for Guy Verhofstadt. In February 2008, President Barroso admitted there was a problem in legitimacy and that,...

In this article: Jose Manuel Barroso, Jacques Delors, Walter Hallstein, European Union, and Romano Prodi