Flash: 🇧🇪 Prime Minister of Belgium, Bart de Weber, resigned after the collapse of the budget coalition talks.
The Prime Minister of Belgium, Bart de Weber, submitted his resignation to the King due to the failure of coalition talks on the Kingdom's budget for 2027.
The government needs to find a way to reduce the budget deficit by 10 billion euros to comply with EU fiscal rules.
The coalition split on how to solve the problem: the main sticking point was disputes over sharp cuts in social spending combined with tax increases of more than 3 billion euros.