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On 1 July Belgium took on the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union with a caretaker government in charge. The Belgian elections which had taken place two weeks before were won by the nationalist/regionalist New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) in Flanders and the Socialists in Wallonia and negotiations on the formation of government will presumably take some time. This should not, however, impact neither the programme nor the efficiency of the presidency. What exactly can be expected from the Belgian EU presidency and how will the interaction be between the presidency and European Council president Herman Van Rompuy?





