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Explaining the Belgian government crisis...in under 3 minutes

Video. Explaining the Belgian government crisis...in under 3 minutes

Updated: 27/01/2020 - 22:43 GMT+1

The country remains without a government, and critical decisions on the climate crisis, budget and migration are on hold. The question is - will they beat their own score? From 2010-2011 Belgium got the Guinness World record for longest time without a government in peacetime.

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