Belgians prepare for another standoff after polls

By Raf Casert

Published May 22, 2014 7:40am ET

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Belgians prepare for another standoff after polls — FILE In this March 20, 2014 file photo, Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo waves as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels. Walk through Belgium and feel that giddy sense of unity, the national football team is going to the World Cup again. Follow the election campaign though, and the division between Dutch- and French-speakers seems even worse than four years ago when it took a record 541 days to form a government uniting the bickering sides. (AP Photo/Eric Vidal, file) | Eric Vidal

BRUSSELS (AP) — The national mood in Belgium right now is like two different worlds. A giddy sense of unity has overtaken the country because the national soccer team is going to the World Cup, but a parliamentary election campaign has left the nation divided like never before.

Schizophrenic? Maybe. Politics as usual? For sure.

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