Leterminator
From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Mon, 2007-12-03 20:41
A quote from Reuters, 3 December 2007
Financial markets have attached a risk premium to Belgium. The extra yield they require to hold its 10-year government bonds rose to 22 basis points over the euro zone's benchmark Bunds on Monday, its highest level since the June election.
Leterme’s Flemish Christian Democrats, the Flemish Liberals and their French-speaking counterparts have now failed twice to form a government, with no clear alternative.
The parties were busy laying the blame on each other, but none ruled out another try, possibly with Leterme. “I’ve seen him dubbed ‘Leterminator’. He’ll be back,” said [Prof Carl] Devos [of Ghent University].