N-VA said in its program it would seek to put the brakes on growth of Belgium’s health care budget, while Forward wants to keep the current growth intact.
If the talks were to succeed, the composition of Belgium’s federal government would reflect that of the regional governments on both sides of the country’s language border.
In Flanders, the N-VA, the CD&V and Forward are currently trying to form a government; while in Wallonia, the southern French-speaking region of Belgium, the MR and Les Engagés have expressed the intention to govern together. Talks on those governments are further along than for the federal…
