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Belgium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Benoît Rihoux ,
Audrey Vandeleene ,
Lieven de Winter ,
Pierre Baudewyns  and
Serge Deruette
Benoît Rihoux
Affiliation:
Centre de Science Politique et de Politique Comparée (CESPOL), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Audrey Vandeleene
Affiliation:
Centre de Science Politique et de Politique Comparée (CESPOL), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Lieven de Winter
Affiliation:
Centre de Science Politique et de Politique Comparée (CESPOL), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Pierre Baudewyns
Affiliation:
Centre de Science Politique et de Politique Comparée (CESPOL), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Serge Deruette
Affiliation:
Université de Mons, Belgium
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The year 2014 was particularly dense, with simultaneous regional, parliamentary and European Parliament elections on 25 May. This was followed by a relatively short government formation process towards an unprecedented ‘Swedish’ federal cabinet. The electoral cycle took place in the context of a still quite difficult socioeconomic situation and ethnolinguistic tensions at the elite level.

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Political Data Yearbook , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , December 2015 , pp. 33 - 43
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Copyright © 2016 European Consortium for Political Research

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