Yves Leterme

...hibernation and asked to lead the country. How did Van Rompuy succeed where his younger party colleague Leterme failed? The answer is simple. Leterme still had ambitions of reforming Belgium and adapting it to face the challenges ahead. Van...

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...Wednesday. A poll by top-selling Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws showed a majority of its readers believed Leterme would not succeed. Leterme was the clear winner of the 2007 federal election on a platform of devolving more powers to...

In this article: Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium, European Union, Brussels, Christian Democrat, Recession, Het Laatste Nieuws, and Fortis

Former PM of Belgium Yves Leterme to take office again Yves Leterme will have to grapple with constitutional reform Former Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has been nominated to take office for a second time. Mr Leterme's previous...

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

...replace Herman Van Rompuy, who has been named president of the European Union. Here are some facts about Leterme. * King Albert appointed Leterme prime minister for the first time in March 2008 after months of coalition wrangling that...

In this article: Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy, Christian Democrat, Liberation, Karel De Gucht, and Fortis

...About the Stimulus Package.") Appointed Prime Minister in December 2008 the country's third in less than a year (his predecessor, Yves Leterme, stepped down after nine months amid allegations that his aides exerted improper influence...

In this article: Herman Van Rompuy, Europe, Belgium, Turkey, Allegation, Christianity, Islamic, Belgium's Parliament, and Catholic University of Leuven

...divided country after taking charge in December 2008 after 18 months of turmoil under predecessor and fellow Christian Democrat Yves Leterme. He had been president of the lower house of parliament from July 2007 and was at times...

In this article: Herman Van Rompuy, Christian Democrat, Brussels, Economics, Philosophy, Recession, and Catholic University of Leuven

...currently 38. French-speakers in Belgium, a country of 10.6 million people, have expressed dismay at the potential return of Leterme, whose initial nine-month struggle to form a government prompted media speculation about the country...

In this article: Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium, European Union, Brussels, Le Soir, Paralysis, and Universite Libre de Bruxelles

...has left the country's political arena. Van Rompuy came into office only months ago, when his predecessor and fellow party member Yves Leterme, the current minister of foreign affairs, had to resign over accusations of attempting to...

In this article: Herman Van Rompuy, Belgium, European Union, Guy Verhofstadt, and Flanders

...such as Turkey." Mr Van Rompuy was originally reluctant to take on the post of Belgian prime minister at the end of 2008. He replaced Yves Leterme, who resigned amid a financial scandal last December after just nine months in the job. He...

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...difficult dance, thanks to his success to keeping the Flemish and the Walloons away from one another's throats. His predecessor Yves Leterme threw in the towel after tensions between the country's two language groups ran out of control and...

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