Di Rupo Government

The Di Rupo I Government is the future federal government of Belgium to be sworn in on 6 December 2011, after long record-breaking negotiations following the June 2010 elections. The government includes socialists (sp.a/PS), Christian democrats (CD&V/cdH) and liberals (Open Vld/MR), respectively of the Dutch and French language groups. The government notably excludes N-VA, the Flemish nationalist party which achieved a victory and became the largest part. Its absence, together with the unwillingness of Open Vld to enter into an eight-party coalition including the Greens, causes the government coalition to not have a majority in the Dutch language group.

Government coalition

The negotiations aim to put an end to the 2007–2011 Belgian political crisis and include a sixth state reform, including the splitting of the electoral and judicial arrondissement of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde and the transfer of new competences from the federal level to the regions. Because a state reform requires a two-third majority, the ecological parties (Groen!/Ecolo) participated in these negotiations but are not in the government coalition.

Composition

The composition of the Di Rupo I Government is not certain yet. Some names are already known. On December 5, 2011, after more than 19 hours negotiating, the parties involved came top an agreement regarding the size of the government: 13 ministers and 6 secretary of state.

Minister	Name	Party
Prime Minister	Elio Di Rupo	PS
		PS
		PS
		PS
		sp.a
		sp.a
	Didier Reynders	MR
		MR
		Open Vld
		Open Vld
	Pieter De Crem	CD&V
	Steven Vanackere	CD&V
		CD&V
	Joëlle Milquet	cdH
	Melchior Wathelet	cdH