Jean-Luc Dehaene

...top office likely for Dehaene The Former Belgian prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene has emerged as the most likely candidate to take over as the country's leader after the collapse of Yves Leterme's government. King Albert yesterday accepted...

In this article: Yves Leterme, Fortis, Recession, Ghent University, Supreme Court, and Belgium

...of devolution and proposals to re-draw the political boundaries round the capital, Brussels. Former Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene was given the task by King Albert of proposing solutions to Belgium's political and linguistic divisions.

In this article: Yves Leterme, Belgium, Allegation, Fortis, and Brussels

...government. -- He was budget minister in 1993-1999 under the Christian Democrat-led government of Jean-Luc Dehaene and brought Belgium's debt down sharply from 130 percent of gross domestic product in the year he took office. Regarded as a...

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...for the market," Leterme added. The Belgian government called for the Dexia board to approve the appointments on Tuesday so that Mariani and Dehaene could take up their positions the same day. Asked whether Dexia would eventually be...

In this article: Yves Leterme, BNP Paribas, Dexia, Nicolas Sarkozy, Yahoo, and Paris

...on Tuesday. Former Belgian premier, Jean-Luc Dehaene, would become chairman of the group, Leterme said in announcing a first step toward shoring up Dexia after its shares fell to an all-time low on Monday. France and Belgium,...

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Jean-Luc Dehaene, who led Belgium from 1992-1999, emerged on Monday as the most likely candidate to head an interim government until June 2009, when parliamentary elections could be held to coincide with planned regional and EU votes. "I...

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...a new government. A palace statement said Mr Martens had accepted. Analysts tip another former PM, Jean-Luc Dehaene, as favourite to head a new interim coalition. Mr Leterme offered to resign amid a row over the sale of troubled bank...

In this article: Fortis, Yves Leterme, Credit crunch, Supreme Court, BNP Paribas, and Brussels