Belgian center-right coalition clinches deal

Published October 7, 2014 7:14pm ET



BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian center-right parties have agreed on a tentative coalition deal to end more than four months of government limbo.

Three parties from Dutch-speaking Flanders and the MR liberals from the southern Francophone region ended a final marathon negotiation session late Tuesday with an agreement to lower taxes and raise the pension age from 65 to 67 by 2030.

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