Government of Michel II

Headquarters of the federal government in the Wetstraat / Rue de la loi in Brussels

The Michel II government was the government of Belgium from December 9, 2018 to October 27, 2019, which never had parliamentary legitimacy. It was the continuation of the Michel I government without the ministers and state secretaries of the N-VA , which left the government in protest against the ratification of the UN migration pact. The “blue-orange” minority government consisted of the Walloon liberal MR , the Flemish liberal Open Vld and the Flemish Christian Democratic CD&V . These parties had 52 of the 150 seats in the Chamber of Deputies .

Before the socialists and the Greens asked for a vote of no confidence on December 18, 2018, Charles Michel resigned that day and the government has only been in office since then ( Gouvernement d'affaires courantes / Regering van lopende zaken ). Even after the parliamentary elections on May 26, 2019 , the Michel II government remained in office as no new majority could be found.

composition

All ministers not belonging to the N-VA remained in office, in some cases with expanded responsibilities. In addition, the former State Secretaries Pieter De Crem and Philippe De Backer were promoted to ministers in order to establish the language parity required by the constitution .

The government consisted of the following 13 ministers, there were no state secretaries:

Office	Surname		Political party
prime minister		Charles Michel		MR
Deputy Prime Minister for Employment, Economy and Consumer Protection responsible for foreign trade, poverty reduction, equal opportunities and the disabled		Kris Peeters		CD&V
Deputy Prime Minister of Finance, Development Aid responsible for combating tax fraud		Alexander De Croo		Open VLD
Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Defense responsible for Beliris and federal cultural institutions		Didier Reynders		MR
Security and Home Affairs		Pieter De Crem		CD&V
Justice responsible for building management		Koen Geens		CD&V
Social affairs, health, asylum and migration		Maggie De Block		Open VLD
Pensions		Daniel Bacquelaine		MR
Energy, environment and sustainability		Marie-Christine Marghem		MR
Budget in charge of science and the national lottery		Sophie Wilmès		MR
Mobility responsible for Belgocontrol and the NMBS / SNCB		François Bellot		MR
Medium-sized, self-employed, small and medium-sized enterprises, agriculture and social integration responsible for large cities		Denis Ducarme		MR
Digital Agenda, Telecommunications and Post responsible for administrative simplification, combating social fraud, data protection and the North Sea		Philippe De Backer		Open VLD

The End

Since Charles Michel was elected President of the European Council in July 2019 and is due to take over from Donald Tusk on December 1, 2019 , he announced his retirement on October 26, 2019. On October 27, 2019, the king accepted the resignation of the Michel II government and, at his suggestion, appointed former budget minister Sophie Wilmès as the new executive prime minister ( Wilmès I government ).

Web links

• Premier.be - Official website of the Belgian Prime Minister (multilingual)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tagesschau: Belgium's King accepts Michel's resignation. , online on December 21, 2019, [1] , accessed on March 9, 2019, 11:45 am
2. ↑ belgium.be: Samenstelling en bevoegdheidsverdeling van de federale regering
3. ↑ Belga : Sophie Wilmès nommée Première ministre par intérim, première femme à ce poste La Libre October 27, 2019, accessed online on October 27, 2019, 10:56 p.m. CET