Foreign press is hard on Belgium after Brussels breaks formation record: “Country on the brink of dysfunction”

Brussels has been without a government for 541 days. Our capital thus equals the Belgian formation record of 2011, and this has not gone unnoticed by the foreign press. Belgium is seen by the rest of Europe as a country “on the verge of dysfunction”, according to reports. “Painful political negotiations are as much a part of the national culture as beer, chocolate and fries.”

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