Flemish nationalist Bart De Wever has been sworn in as the country's new prime minister following months of painstaking negotiations to form a coalition that moves the country further to the right. The agreement struck on Friday makes De Wever the first nationalist from the Dutch-speaking Flanders region to lead the country.

Belgium has a new prime minister whose political purpose was long to break up the nation, gut the state structures and give ever more autonomy to his northern Flanders at the cost of everyone else.

New prime minister of Belgium has just been sworn-in, as Bart de Wever is now new PM, and his party, far-right N-VA, will lead new coalition.

After 7 months of negotiations, new coalition holds 81-seat majority in Belgium’s 150-seat parliament - Anadolu Ajansı

Conservative Bart De Wever was sworn in Monday as Belgium's new prime minister after seven months of tortuous negotiations to reach a coalition deal that shifts the country to the right. De Wever

Belgium's new government was installed on Monday, almost eight months after an election won by the Flemish nationalist N-VA party. N-VA leader Bart De Wever was appointed as prime minister, marking the first time the federal Belgian government will be led by a Flemish nationalist.