CD&V President Beke arrives for a meeting with Belgian King Albert II at the Laeken Royal Palace in Brussels...
Flemish Christian Democrat party (CD&V) President Wouter Beke (L) 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 ROYALS)