2019–2020 Belgian government formation
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In Belgium, the government formation of 2019–2020 started one day after the federal elections, regional elections and European elections which were all held simultaneously on 26 May 2019. These formations were only the second under King Philippe.
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During the formation period, no less than six new governments needed to be formed: a new Federal Government and five new regional governments (Flemish, Walloon, French Community, German Community and Brussels). The elections had shown again the significant differences in voting preferences between Wallonia (left) and Flanders (right). While the Government of the German-speaking Community was formed only a few days after the elections and the Brussels Government was formed one month later, the other regional governments were only formed after the summer, in September and October 2019. At the federal level, the deadlock was never resolved, but nevertheless, a new government was formed in March 2020. Its mission is only to fight against the coronavirus,[1] as several of the opposing parties agreed to support a new Wilmès II Government identical to the current caretaker Wilmès I Government to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, de facto ending the search for a new government. The new government was given special powers to deal with the COVID-19 crisis.[2] The powers expired on 27 June 2020.[3] Efforts to form a coalition continued during this time.[4] The Wilmès II government continues in office in the meantime, but would have to seek a new vote of confidence on 17 September 2020 in case a new coalition was not formed before then,[5] although this period was further extended to 1 October 2020.