The Dilliès government is the current government of the Brussels-Capital Region led by the liberal minister-president Boris Dilliès (MR). Besides the MR, the seven-party coalition includes the French-speaking Socialist Party PS and centrist Les Engagés, and on the Flemish side the Greens (Groen), centre-left Vooruit, the liberals (Open Vld) and the Christian Democrats (CD&V). It took 613 days to form the coalition after the election.
Formation Due to its multilingual heritage, Brussels requires a majority in both its language groups (Dutch and French) to govern. It took nearly twenty months after elections in 2024 for government to form, when Georges-Louis Bouchez, leader of the MR party, proposed a "conclave" to effectively lock the negotiating parties together until a deal was formed. The government was sworn in on the 14th of February, 2026.
Policy Due to the delay in forming a government, one of the Dilliès government's major challenges is the capital's finances. Belgium's system of "provisional twelfths" allowed government services to keep running based on the budget of previous years while no government was formed, but it also meant that Brussels was more than €16 billion in debt by the time the Dilliès government was formed. The coalition has pledged to balance the budget by the time of Brussels' next elections in 2029 by consolidating regional governments and administration.
Dilliès' government has also pledged to cut back on several environmental projects begun by the previous administration: to halt the metro 3 construction, reduce the fines for Brussels's Low Emissions Zone, and cut back on areas of the city where traffic would be reduced. Changes in the government's climate policy also delayed the city's passage of a Social Climate Plan to receive European Union funding to offset the ETS2 carbon tax.
Composition The government is divided between Dutch- and French-speaking politicians: De Smedt, Van den Brandt, and Persoons are Flemish politicians, while Dilliès, Laaouej, Hublet, Henry, and Lalieux are French.
OfficeOffice holderPartyMinister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region Boris DillièsMRMinister of Finance, Budget, Civil Service, Administrative Simplification and Digitalisation AndersMinister for the Economy, the Digital Economy and Employment Laurent HubletLes EngagésMinister for Mobility, Public Works, Road Safety and Animal Welfare GroenMinister for Local Government, Equal Opportunities, and Health Ahmed LaaouejPSSecretary of State for the Environment, responsible for Climate, Urban Renewal, Heritage and the Image of Brussels. Ans PersoonsSecretary of State for Urban Planning and Cleanliness Audrey HenryMRSecretary of State for Housing Karine LalieuxPS
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