{"id":19118,"date":"2025-11-14T17:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=19118"},"modified":"2025-11-14T17:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:53:23","slug":"18-days-left-until-new-world-record-longest-government-formation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/19118\/18-days-left-until-new-world-record-longest-government-formation\/","title":{"rendered":"18 days left until new world record \u2013 longest government formation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
It has been 523 days, almost a world record, since the Brussels region held elections last year on June 9, but there is still no government formed, even as the end of the year approaches and talks over next year’s budget should be held. Moreover, the so-called project of the Brussels-Capital Region might be coming to an end. There are talks for the federal government to take over the city. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Fear is spreading among associations,\u2019 \u2013 says Luise Lamoureux, a social worker intern in \u2018Maison des Parents Solos\u2019 (eng. \u2018House for Single Parents\u2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Maison des Parents Solos\u2019 is a support centre for single parents and their children. They are largely funded by the Brussels region. According to Lamoureux, because of financial uncertainties, they had to lay off a lawyer and \u2018positions of receptionist and psychologist do not have long-term funding security\u2019. Moreover, she is doubting about the arrival of funds from long-term projects, and they are forced to find solutions on their own to do their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018The association had to find a solution to house a mother who had been evicted,\u2019 \u2013 says Lamoureux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Staying hopeful<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maison des cultures et de la coh\u00e9sion sociale de Molenbeek Saint-Jean (eng. House of Cultures and Social Cohesion of Molenbeek Saint-Jean) is an organisation that tries through art to connect all ages of Molenbeek residents. They said, they will also be feeling repercussions from January if the budget is not passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n