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...clearly is a serious political crisis," says Dave Sinardet, a political scientist at the University of Antwerp. He said Leterme's four months as Prime Minister failed to achieve anything of note, apart from balancing the budget. Meanwhile, the country's economy is slowing and inflation is at its highest in almost 24 years...
...Sinardet said Leterme was wrong to blame the system, as his own Conservative party, the CD&V, had refused to compromise on reforms. "The problem is that there is no alternative: the CD&V are the largest party in Flanders and they are needed in any formula that gets us out of here...
...everyone is convinced that those concerns are real. "If you believe the media, this country is in a state of permanent civil war," says Dave Sinardet, a political scientist at the University of Antwerp. "This is more a crisis of government than of the country. I expect the parties to reach some sort of solution soon - as they have done in the past - and when everyone calms down, we should see all this talk about splits and independence evaporate...
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