Belgium may have a government next week, the country's chief negotiator in charge of forming a cabinet Elio Di Rupo said on Sunday, after Belgian political parties clinched a deal on the 2012 budget, Reuters reported. The budget agreement was seen as the last major obstacle to forming a government among six Belgian parties. "We hope to be able to do it (form a government) during next week, we still a few areas on which we need to work and we believe that we will do it with the shortest delay possible," Elio Di Rupo told a news conference. Belgium has set a modern-day record for being without a formal government. It has been nearly 19 months since elections were held last June.
