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“Bad for our image”, regrets De Standaard, quoting the caretaker prime minister Yves Leterme on the day after Belgium beat the world record for going the longest time without a government. According to the Belgian newspaper “the world enjoyed the surrealistic way Belgium celebrated the world record,” with images of the ‘French fries revolution’, half-naked demonstrators and big parties broadcast around the world. “The climax was around midnight, when the unofficial floating trophy for ‘government forming’ was handed over by a delegation from Iraq, the previous record-holder”, adds the Standaard. Belgium has now been trying to form a government for 250 days and there is little sign of the deaany time soon.
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