Flemish Socialist Party (sp.a) President Caroline Gennez waves as she arrives for a meeting with Belgian King Albert II at the Laeken Royal Palace in Brussels January 31, 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/Eric Vidal (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS)