BrusselsBart De Wever arrived at the Royal Palace expected to resign.
His five-party coalition again failed to agree a budget while Belgium’s bond yields climb.
The prime minister’s N-VA and MR want cuts including healthcare, while partners demand higher wealth taxes to close a €10 billion gap.
De Tijd cited sources saying the king may refuse the resignation and send De Wever back to negotiate.
If King Philippe accepts, he could ask other parties to form a coalition or call elections.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 80+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story differently.
- U.S. News & World Report
- reports the resignation as expected after the five-party coalition failed on €10bn in cuts, and flags the bond-market stress as the backdrop
- Mehr News Agency
- frames the resignation as a budget failure and a 'deep crisis' citing De Standaard, with no market or king's-consent context
Sources: U.S. News & World Report, Mehr News Agency