nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210310-154152-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210310s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210310-154152-0 doi eng 342 23 De Ridder, Maaike Author aut Belgium’s Accordion Response to COVID-19 De Ridder, Maaike Verfassungsblog 2021-03-10 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier As Covid-19 started to make its way onto Belgian territory, the Belgian federal government found itself in the midst of political disorder and negotiations to form a government after the May 2019 elections. Up until March 2020, the competent authority to decide on Covid measures was a caretaker minority government (Regering Wilmès I). But, after the first big outburst of cases in Belgium, the government formation accelerated. Nine political parties made a deal to give the resigning minority government full authority to combat the virus and its economic and social ramifications by a motion of confidence (Regering Wilmès II). CC BY-SA 4.0 Belgium COVID 19 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/belgiums-accordion-response-to-covid-19/ raw object