The Vivaldi coalition (Dutch: Vivaldicoalitie; French: la coalition Vivaldi) is a neologism[1] in Belgian politics describing a governing coalition among the parties of the liberals, social democrats, greens and Christian democrats.
Details
editThe coalition is named after the Italian violinist and composer Antonio Vivaldi and references his work The Four Seasons, due to the colors of the political ideologies within the coalition:
- blue (winter) for the liberals: Open Vld and Reformist Movement;
- green (spring) for the greens: Groen and Ecolo;
- red (summer) for the social democrats: Vooruit and Socialist Party;
- orange (autumn) for the Christian democrats: Christian Democratic and Flemish;
The term was first introduced by the newspaper La Libre Belgique in December 2019, during the 2019–2020 Belgian government formation.[2] The first government from that combination was ultimately the De Croo Government.
References
edit- ^ "Het Vlaams woordenboek » Vivaldi-coalitie". www.vlaamswoordenboek.be. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Dit hadden ze nog niet geprobeerd: gaan informateurs voor 'Vivaldi-coalitie'?". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 21 December 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2024.