Belgium - recordholder government formation. Over 1 year and still no government ...

And why is there no civil war or why don't things start falling apart, like maybe payments can't go on? Because Belgium has several layers of government that get elected at different moments:

Raad	Normale duur van de legislatuur	Laatste verkiezing
1. At the level of the Communes, elections for the ... = Gemeenteraad ()	6 jaar	2006+6=2012
2. Idem Provinces = Provincieraad	6 jaar	2006+6=2012
3. Idem Parliament for the Flemish Region = Vlaams parlement	5 jaar	2009+5=2014
4. Idem Parliament for Brussels Region = Brussels hoofdstedelijk parlement	5 jaar	2009+5=2014
5. Idem Parliament of the Region of Wallonia = Waals parlement	5 jaar	2009+5=2014
6. Idem Parliament of the German speaking region = Parlement van de Duitstalige Gemeenschap	5 jaar	2009+5=2014
7. Idem European Parliament = Europees parlement	5 jaar	2009+5=2014
8. Idem Parliament of the Belgian Federal State level where the German, French, Brussels and Flemish meet = Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers	4 jaar	2010+4=2014
9. Idem but the "Wise" on the level of the Belgian Federal State = Senaat	4 jaar	2010+4=2014

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkiezingen_in_België

Now these governments on all levels can "fall", i.e. break apart if one thinks the negotiated agreement with the plan of action, allocation of means (money, people, or laying of people and cutting in budgets or reallocating them) is not in line anymore with the initial spirit of the agreement.

Sometimes people don't make the distinction between something that plays at e.g. the national level and take revenge on the politicians during the election on the local=commune level or visa versa.  Especially on the national=federal level and the regional level it's not in the top of the minds of people of who's responsible of what past policy again.

	Verkiezingen in België
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