Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo (2nd L) and lower house president Andre Flahaut (R) attend a plenary session of the Belgian Parliament in Brussels February 13, 2014. Belgium was due to become the first country to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children of any age on Thursday when its lower house of parliament votes on new "right-to-die" legislation. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POLITICS) 

Senate chairwoman (from L) Sabine de Bethune, Chamber chairman Andre Flahaut, Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President of Romania Traian Basescu, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan attend the funeral ceremony for former Belgian prime minister Wilfried Martens, in Saint Bavo's Cathedral in Gent October 19, 2013. Martens, one of the architects of Belgium's federal division and a long-time leading figure in the European Parliament, died at the age of 77. REUTERS/Benoit Doppagne/Pool (BELGIUM - Tags: OBITUARY POLITICS) 

Belgium's King Albert II (L) and Queen Paola (2nd L) attend a ceremony unveiling statues of themselves with Senate President Sabine de Bethune (R) and Lower House President Andre Flahaut (2nd R), at the Belgian parliament in Brussels July 16, 2013. The statue in the picture, by Belgian artist Wilfried Pas, depicts King Albert II. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: ROYALS POLITICS) 

Belgian Lower House President Andre Flahaut smiles during a meeting, as part of his official visit in Rabat June 10, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (MOROCCO - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT) 

Karim Ghellab (L), president of the First Chamber and speaker of the House of Representatives of Morocco, talks with Belgian Lower House President Andre Flahaut before a meeting in Rabat June 10, 2013. Flahaut is on an official visit to Morocco. REUTERS/Stringer (MOROCCO - Tags: POLITICS) 

Karim Ghellab (L), president of the First Chamber and speaker of the House of Representatives of Morocco, shakes hands with Belgian Lower House President Andre Flahaut before a meeting in Rabat June 10, 2013. Flahaut is on an official visit to Morocco. REUTERS/Stringer (MOROCCO - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgian Lower House President Andre Flahaut (C) chairs a plenary session of the Belgian Parliament in Brussels July 13, 2012. The Parliament will vote later today on the splitting of the electoral and judicial district of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde, a complex and highly divisive issue that French and Dutch speakers have argued about for decades. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgian Lower House President Andre Flahaut (C) chairs a plenary session of the Belgian Parliament in Brussels July 13, 2012. The Parliament will vote later today on the splitting of the electoral and judicial district of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde, a complex and highly divisive issue that French and Dutch speakers have argued about for decades. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo talks to Lower House President Andre Flahaut (R) during a plenary session of the Belgian Parliament in Brussels July 13, 2012. The Parliament will vote later today on the splitting of the electoral and judicial district of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde, a complex and highly divisive issue that French and Dutch speakers have argued about for decades. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's newly elected Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo gives his inaugural address to the Belgian Parliament in front of Lower House President Andre Flahaut in Brussels December 7, 2011. Six Belgian parties formed a new coalition almost 18 months after a parliamentary election. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's newly elected Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo (C) gives his inaugural address to the Belgian Parliament in front of Lower House President Andre Flahaut in Brussels December 7, 2011. Six Belgian parties formed a new coalition almost 18 months after a parliamentary election. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's newly elected Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo (C) gives his inaugural address to the Belgian Parliament in front of Lower House President Andre Flahaut in Brussels December 7, 2011. Six Belgian parties formed a new coalition almost 18 months after a parliamentary election. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's newly elected Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo (C) gives his inaugural address to the Belgian Parliament in front of Lower House President Andre Flahaut in Brussels December 7, 2011. Six Belgian parties formed a new coalition almost 18 months after a parliamentary election. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's newly elected Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo (R) gives his inaugural address to the Belgian Parliament in front of Lower House President Andre Flahaut in Brussels December 7, 2011. Six Belgian parties formed a new coalition almost 18 months after a parliamentary election. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's newly elected Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo (front) gives his inaugural address to the Belgian Parliament in front of Lower House President Andre Flahaut in Brussels December 7, 2011. Six Belgian parties formed a new coalition almost 18 months after a parliamentary election. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's newly elected Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo (front) gives his inaugural address to the Belgian Parliament in front of Lower House President Andre Flahaut in Brussels December 7, 2011. Six Belgian parties formed a new coalition almost 18 months after a parliamentary election. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgian Lower House President Andre Flahaut (L) greets Flemish liberal party (Open VLD) President Alexander De Croo as they arrive to attend celebrations marking the Flemish Community Day at Brussels' town hall July 11, 2011. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

(L-R) Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme, Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere, Senate President Danny Pieters, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and French-speaking socialist party (PS) President Elio Di Rupo attend celebrations marking the Flemish Community Day at Brussels' town hall July 11, 2011. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgian Lower House President Andre Flahaut takes part in a working group on the linguistic balance in the Belgian army at the Belgian Parliament in Brussels June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

Belgian Lower House President Andre Flahaut takes part in a working group on the linguistic balance in the Belgian army at the Belgian Parliament in Brussels June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

Belgian Lower House President Andre Flahaut takes part in a working group on the linguistic balance in the Belgian army at the Belgian Parliament in Brussels June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

Belgian Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Colonel Luc Gennart (R) attend a working group on the linguistic balance in the Belgian army at the Belgian Parliament in Brussels June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

Belgian Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Colonel Luc Gennart (R) attend a working group on the linguistic balance in the Belgian army at the Belgian Parliament in Brussels June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

Belgium's Prime Minister Yves Leterme (front) addresses the Belgian Parliament in front of Lower House President Andre Flahaut (back) during its plenary session in Brussels April 28, 2011. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's Prime Minister Yves Leterme (front) addresses the Belgian Parliament in front of Lower House President Andre Flahaut (back) during its plenary session in Brussels January 27, 2011. A Belgian mediator gave up trying to revive stalled talks on forming a coalition government on Wednesday, prolonging a seven-month political crisis which has made financial markets punish the debt-laden country. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's Prime Minister Yves Leterme (front) addresses the Belgian Parliament in front of Lower House President Andre Flahaut during its plenary session in Brussels January 27, 2011. A Belgian mediator gave up trying to revive stalled talks on forming a coalition government on Wednesday, prolonging a seven-month political crisis which has made financial markets punish the debt-laden country. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's French-speaking Christian Democrat party (CDH) President Joelle Milquet talks to Lower House President Andre Flahaut (R) during celebrations of the French-speaking community in Brussels September 27, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Flemish right-wing party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) president Bart De Wever arrives for a meeting with mediators, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters, in Brussels September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) president Elio Di Rupo (L) and Flemish right-wing party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) president Bart De Wever are seen in this combination photo as they arrive for a meeting with mediators, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters, in Brussels September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) president Elio Di Rupo (L) talks to Flemish right-wing party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) president Bart De Wever as they arrive for a meeting with mediators, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters, in Brussels September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) president Elio Di Rupo (L) listens to Flemish right-wing party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) president Bart De Wever as they arrive for a meeting with mediators, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters (not seen), in Brussels September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) president Elio Di Rupo (L) and Flemish right-wing party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) president Bart De Wever arrive for a meeting with mediators, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters (not seen), in Brussels September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) president Elio Di Rupo (L) and Flemish right-wing party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) president Bart De Wever arrive for a meeting with mediators (not seen), Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters, in Brussels September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) president Elio Di Rupo (L) shakes hands with Flemish right-wing party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) president Bart De Wever as they arrive for a meeting with mediators, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters, in Brussels September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) president Elio Di Rupo (L) shakes hands with Flemish right-wing party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) president Bart De Wever as they arrive for a meeting with mediators, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters, in Brussels September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) president Elio Di Rupo (L) shakes hands with Flemish right-wing party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) president Bart De Wever as they arrive for a meeting with mediators (not seen), Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters, in Brussels September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) president Elio Di Rupo (L) shakes hands with Flemish right-wing party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) president Bart De Wever as they arrive for a meeting with mediators, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters, in Brussels September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's Lower House President Andre Flahaut delivers a speech in front of Senate President Danny Pieters (back) at the start of an EU-Africa conference at the Belgian Parliament in Brussels September 15, 2010. The conference will be held from September 15 to 16. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's Senate President Danny Pieters delivers a speech in front of Lower House President Andre Flahaut (back) at the start of an EU-Africa conference at the Belgian Parliament in Brussels September 15, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's Senate President Danny Pieters delivers a speech in front of Lower House President Andre Flahaut (back) at the start of an EU-Africa conference at the Belgian Parliament in Brussels September 15, 2010. The conference will be held from September 15 to 16. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's Senate President Danny Pieters delivers a speech in front of Lower House President Andre Flahaut (back) at the start of an EU-Africa conference at the Belgian Parliament in Brussels September 15, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's Lower House President Andre Flahaut (R) talks to Senate President Danny Pieters at the start of an EU-Africa conference at the Belgian Parliament in Brussels September 15, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters (L) attend the opening of an EU-Africa conference at the Belgian Parliament in Brussels September 15, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Flemish right-wing party New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) president Bart De Wever arrives for a meeting with mediators, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters, in Brussels September 15, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) president Elio Di Rupo arrives for a meeting with mediators, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters, in Brussels September 15, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) president Elio Di Rupo arrives for a meeting with mediators, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters, in Brussels September 15, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) president Elio Di Rupo arrives for a meeting with mediators, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters, in Brussels September 15, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) president Elio Di Rupo arrives for a meeting with mediators, Lower House President Andre Flahaut and Senate President Danny Pieters, in Brussels September 15, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgian Parliament Lower House President Andre Flahaut leaves after a meeting with Belgian King Albert II at the Laeken Royal Palace in Brussels September 4, 2010. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgian Parliament Lower House President Andre Flahaut leaves a meeting with Belgian King Albert II at the Laeken Royal Palace in Brussels September 4, 2010. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) 

Belgium's Senate President Danny Pieters (L), Chambre President Andre Flahaut (C) and Prime Minister Yves Leterme (R) watch the traditional military parade on National Day in front of the Royal Palace in Brussels July 21, 2010. Belgium celebrates on Wednesday its National Day and its 180th anniversary of independence. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY ANNIVERSARY) 

(from L-R) British Defence Minister Geoffrey Hoon, his German counterpart Rudolf Scharping, Belgian counterpart Andre Flahaut and French counterpart Alain Richard sign an agreement for buying A400M military transport aircrafts at the Royal Military Academy of Brussels in this undated picture. The first shot to be fired at Europe's 21st century army plane came not from the barrel of a gun but a safety inspector's clipboard. In 2008, weeks after the first A400M troop transporter rolled off a gleaming new assembly plant in Seville, a group of inspectors travelled to southern Germany to scrutinise an important component for the plane's huge turbo-prop engines. To match Special Report AIR-A400M/ REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/Files (BELGIUM - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS POLITICS) 

Former Belgian Defence Minister Andre Flahaut asks questions to his successor Pieter De Crem during the launching of the restructuring plan for the army at the Defence Commission of the Belgian Parliament in Brussels October 14, 2009. De Crem has announced that there will be 4,000 job cuts in the army. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM POLITICS HEADSHOT MILITARY) 

Belgium's Former Defence Minister Andre Flahaut reacts at the start of a plenary session of the Belgian Parliament in Brussels December 23, 2007. Belgium's caretaker Prime Minister Yves Leterme struck a deal on Wednesday to form an interim government after a six-month crisis that had prompted speculation that the country might split in half. Belgium has been without a government for nearly 200 days in a political deadlock that has aggravated the longstanding divide between affluent, self-confident Flanders in the north, and the poorer French-speaking Wallonia region in the south. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM) 

Belgium's Prince Laurent (R) greets outgoing Defence Minister Andre Flahaut as they arrive at a ceremony in honour of King's Day at the Parliament in Brussels November 15, 2007. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM) 

Belgium's royal family and members of the government pose for an official photograph during a ceremony in honour of King's Day at the Parliament in Brussels November 15, 2007. Front row from left: Princess Claire, Princess Mathilde, Crown Prince Philippe, Queen Fabiola and Princess Astrid. Second row from left: Prince Laurent, Outgoing Interior Minister Patrick de Waele, Senate President Armand De Decker, Lower House President Herman Van Rompuy, outgoing Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, and outgoing Defence Minister Andre Flahaut. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM) 

Belgium's Minister of Defense Andre Flahaut speaks on his mobile phone as he waits for a family photo session after the Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers in Evora, southern Portugal September 28, 2007. REUTERS/Hugo Correia (PORTUGAL) 

Belgium's Minister of Defence Andre Flahaut (L) talks with his French counterpart Herve Morin (R) before the Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers in Evora, southern Portugal, September 28, 2007. REUTERS/Hugo Correia (PORTUGAL) 

Belgium's Crown Prince Philippe (R) and Defence Minister Andre Flahaut attend the 63rd yearly pilgrimage at the WWII Breendonk camp memorial in Breendonk September 16, 2007. This year's pilgrimage marks the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Breendonk memorial for the victims of the Breendonk nazi camp. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (BELGIUM) 

Belgium's Crown Prince Philippe (2nd R) is flanked by Defence Minister Andre Flahaut (R) as he shakes hands with former detainees during the 63rd yearly pilgrimage at the WWII Breendonk camp memorial in Breendonk September 16, 2007. This year's pilgrimage marks the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Breendonk memorial for the victims of the Breendonk nazi camp. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (BELGIUM)