Vivaldi coalition
The Vivaldi coalition (Dutch: Vivaldicoalitie; French: la coalition Vivaldi) is a neologism[1] in Belgian politics describing a governing coalition among the parties of the liberals, social democrats, greens and Christian democrats.
Details
[edit]The coalition is named after the Italian violinist and composer Antonio Vivaldi and references his work The Four Seasons, due to the colors of the political ideologies within the coalition:
- blue (winter) for the liberals: Open Vld and Reformist Movement;
- green (spring) for the greens: Groen and Ecolo;
- red (summer) for the social democrats: Vooruit and Socialist Party;
- orange (autumn) for the Christian democrats: Christian Democratic and Flemish;
The term was first introduced by the newspaper La Libre Belgique in December 2019, during the 2019–2020 Belgian government formation.[2] The first government from that combination was ultimately the De Croo Government.
References
[edit]- ^ "Het Vlaams woordenboek » Vivaldi-coalitie". www.vlaamswoordenboek.be. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Dit hadden ze nog niet geprobeerd: gaan informateurs voor 'Vivaldi-coalitie'?". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 21 December 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2024.