SANDER DE WILDE Photographe

Brussels Tuesday 20 november 2012. The Belgian government has finally reached a deal on its 2013 austerity budget, after just over a month of arduous negotiations. Ministers talk to journalists about the budget agreement at last reached after a 17-hour marathon.Left to right Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Pensions Alexander De Croo (Open Vld Flemish liberals), Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Consumer Affairs and the North Sea Johan Vande Lanotte (sp.a Flemish Socialists), Vice-Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Didier Reynders (MR French-speaking liberals), Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo smiling, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Sustainable Development Steven Vanackere (CD&V Flemish christian democrats), Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health Laurette Onkelinx (PS French-speaking Socialists)