Political atmosphere turns sour
“PS and N-VA spoiling for a fight,” headlines De Standaard, which reports that two months after general elections, negotiations on the formation of a coalition in Belgium are now in total deadlock. According to the daily, Francophone socialist Elio Di Rupo is still struggling to fulfill his mission to manage the “pre-formation” of a government, but he has been hindered by the Flemish CD&V (Christian-democrat) and N-VA (nationalist) parties who will now have to “come to their senses.” If this does not happen, “the country will inevitably be plunged into financial chaos.”
As it stands, there is so little trust between parties from both communities that they have been reduced to exchanging “messages via the media.” The leader of the N-VA, Bart de Wever, even sent his driver to spy on Di Rupo’s press conference, reports an astonished De Standaard.
As Greece pimps its ancient monuments to bring in the tourists, lovers of cultural heritage are up in arms. But the country is only doing openly what the whole of Europe is: looting historic sites to drum up more ready cash. 
Asserting national values is central to the political project of the Hungarian PM. Since the start of the year, fifteen paintings, specially commissioned for an exhibition in the Castle of Buda, have been putting this ambition on show. 
The game has gone on for nearly two years: Athens pretends to comply with the demands of its creditors and partners, and they pretend to believe in Greece’s commitments. As the spectre of default comes nearer, however, the Greek bluff cannot go on much longer, writes an El Mundo editorialist.