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Two informateurs (who confirm that the politicians elected are ready to form a government), one préformateur (appointed by the king to explore the feasibility of forming of a government), two mediators, a clarifier, a conciliator... 261 days after the parliamentary elections and following the successive failures of all persons charged with forming a government, King Albert II has resolved to appoint a new negotiator. This time, it is Wouter Beke who has got an “indefinite” lease: the young president (born in 1974) of the Flemish Christian Democrats should work out the draft of an institutional agreement between the nine major parties, says La Libre Belgique. According to the Brussels daily, the Francophones expect him to set out a “scholarly synthesis of Flemish positions” to bring them all back to the bargaining tables. A “gamble”, highlights La Libre in its editorial, for which Woutertje, the young “white Béké” (‘he who comes back for more’) has everything to gain from this adventure “in the big leagues” –“provided that he takes it on with enthusiasm, serious and creativity.”
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