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Not to be outdone by Canada, Belgium goes even further by layering a government collapse onto an economic crisis.

A supposed attempt by members of the government to influence a court decision over the break-up of Fortis, a financial services operator, is the cause of Belgium's latest woes. Given the amount of government tampering in non-traditional areas of influence recently, it is nice to see that at least the Belgians consider the judicial system to be out of bounds.