Liberals and Socialists Aim to Form Coalition
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Free-market liberals and socialists moved to form a new government in Belgium after a resounding election victory gave them a mandate to continue economic reforms and tax cuts.
The win returns to office Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, whose center-left coalition in the last four years has pursued such controversial social policies as legalizing gay marriage, euthanasia and marijuana.
Despite the strong support for Verhofstadt’s coalition, the anti-immigration Flemish Bloc also made substantial gains.
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