N-VA chairman Bart De Wever is seen behind a window as he arrives in his car for a meeting with King Filip of Belgium to discuss the negotiations to form a federal government at the Royal Palace in Brussels on January 31, 2025. Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP.
Brussels, Belgium: Conservative Bart De Wever was sworn in Monday as Belgium's new prime minister, after striking a hard-fought coalition deal that moves the country to the right.
The 54-year-old, a nationalist from Dutch-speaking Flanders, took the oath of office before Belgium's King Philippe, in a ceremony at the royal palace in Brussels.
