Guy Verhofstadt

Guy Versda, former Prime Minister of Belgium, currently a member of the European Parliament and Chairman of the Liberal Party of the European Parliament. He has rich governance experience and a deep understanding of international relations, world economy, financial affairs, and other aspects. He has authored the Declaration on a New Europe towards the United States of Europe and how Europe can emerge from crises. In April 1953, Vostok was born into a family of judges in Belgium. His father was a legal advisor to the main political party, the Dutch Liberal Progressive Party Chairman Willy Declair. Declair later became a prominent figure in the career of Volta. After graduation, under the guidance of De Claire, Volta became his political secretary. In 1982, at the age of 29, he was elected as the chairman of the Dutch Free Progressive Party with 85% of the vote, becoming the youngest party leader in Belgian history. At that time, Vostok was full of energy and determined to lead the liberals back to the Prime Minister's Office, which had been lost for over half a century. However, the difficulty of his return far exceeded his imagination. After 17 years of hard work, he and his party finally achieved their goal by renaming themselves as the Dutch speaking Liberal Democratic Party. In 1995, after losing another parliamentary election, Foster resigned from his position as party chairman. Subsequently, he moved to Tuscany in central western Italy. Under the bright sunshine there, Vostok devoted himself to reading, writing, reflecting, and contemplating the future of the country and even the entire European Union. A year later, when he returned to Belgium, he gained a clearer understanding of his political path. After another three years, Vostok finally achieved the long-awaited victory. In the 1999 general election, the Dutch Liberal Democratic Party defeated its old rival, the Dutch Christian Democratic Party, to become the largest party in parliament, with party leader Vostok becoming prime minister. After taking office, he implemented a series of reforms such as increasing the minimum social security fund and reducing taxes, which were recognized by voters. But in his second term, the Belgian economy began to deteriorate, and his proposed economic revitalization plan touched on the vital interests of all parties, causing a lot of dissatisfaction. In June 2007, Volta submitted his resignation to King Albert II due to his defeat in the general election. Unexpectedly, what followed was a political vacuum that lasted for nearly 200 days. Belgium, a once peaceful country, became the focus of many international news outlets that year. Due to serious differences in the reform of the national political system, 194 days after the 2007 general election, the Dutch speaking Christian Democratic Party, which won the majority, was still unable to reach an agreement with other political parties on forming a coalition government. At the request of the king, Volta formed an interim government. That was undoubtedly a difficult time, but with years of governance experience, Vostok finally convinced the leaders of various political parties to shelve the dispute and reach an agreement on the formation of a new government. In March 2008, a new Belgian cabinet was born, and Vostok successfully retired, ending his 9-year career as prime minister. Shortly after his resignation, a financial tsunami began to sweep the world, and Europe was not spared. In Volta's view, 2008 will undoubtedly become an important year in history, such as 1989 when the Berlin Wall collapsed, 1945 when World War II ended, and 1919 when the Treaty of Versailles was signed. But this historic turning point also provides the possibility for the implementation of the United States of Europe plan, which has always been a passion of Vostok.