Belgium vote likely to make forming next government tough


  • World
  • Thursday, 23 May 2019

FILE PHOTO: Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel arrives at an extraordinary European Union leaders summit to discuss Brexit, in Brussels, Belgium April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Linguistically-split Belgium holds a national election on Sunday that polls show is unlikely to allow Prime Minister Charles Michel to renew his centre-right government.

Michel, 43, has been running the country of 11 million people in a caretaker capacity since December and could face many more months in that role if party leaders struggle to form a new coalition after the vote.

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