Member of the far-right Flemish separatist party Vlaams Belang Filip Dewinter attends a party event after the Belgian general and regional elections and European Parliament elections in Londerzeel, Belgium, May 26, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium was stunned on Monday by a Flemish separatist surge in national elections that will make forming a new federal government a tortuous task as the country's French-speaking region moved further to the left.
Belgium, long an awkward marriage between its Dutch- and French-speaking communities, now risks a political impasse as the results in Sunday's federal parliamentary vote deepened a split between its more Germanic north and Latin south.
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