The Vivaldi coalition (Dutch: Vivaldicoalitie; French: la coalition Vivaldi) is a neologism in Belgian politics describing a governing coalition among the parties of the liberals, social democrats, greens and Christian democrats.
In Germany, a comparable coalition of CDU (black), SPD (red), FDP (yellow) and Greens (green) is occasionally referred to in Germany as the Zimbabwe coalition (German: Simbabwe-Koalition), after the colours of the Zimbabwean flag or the Ghana coalition (German: Ghana-Koalition), after the colours of the Ghanan flag.
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The coalition is named after the Italian violinist and composer Antonio Vivaldi and references his work The Four Seasons, due to the colors of the political ideologies within the coalition:
- blue (winter) for the liberals: Open Vld and Reformist Movement;
- green (spring) for the greens: Groen and Ecolo;
- red (summer) for the social democrats: Vooruit and Socialist Party;
- orange (autumn) for the Christian democrats: Christian Democratic and Flemish;
The term was first introduced by the newspaper La Libre Belgique in December 2019, during the 2019–2020 Belgian government formation. The first government from that combination was ultimately the De Croo Government.
References
- "Het Vlaams woordenboek » Vivaldi-coalitie". www.vlaamswoordenboek.be. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- Debes, Martin (7 November 2019). "Landtagswahl Thüringen: Die Selbstzerstörung der Thüringer CDU". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- Merholz, Anne (16 August 2018). "Merkel zu Besuch in Sachsen: Wehe, wenn da Sonntag Wahl wäre ..." Die Bild (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- "Dit hadden ze nog niet geprobeerd: gaan informateurs voor 'Vivaldi-coalitie'?". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 21 December 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2024.