BRUSSELS (BBC News) | Belgian PM Yves Leterme requested for his resignation due to losing a key party in his party’s coalition.
Analysts say elections could take place in June - just before Belgium is due to begin its six-month presidency of the EU.
The five-month-old coalition collapsed after the Open VLD party withdrew over a long-running dispute on the rights of French speakers living in Dutch-speaking areas near the capital Brussels.
The dispute concerns communities which have been trying to maintain their Flemish identity by removing the special voting rights of French-speakers.
Differences between the Dutch-speaking Flemish majority and French-speaking Walloon minority often threaten Belgian governments, but analysts have described the current crisis as particularly acute.
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