Anatomy of Purple Illusions

Summer 1999. Guy Verhofstadt and his government take office. The coalition of liberals, socialists and greens is not just any government. Not a caretaker government, but a life-size experiment. The government wants to turn Belgium into a model state. It sounds both encouraging and naive. Because a ship with many sails, no matter how fast it goes, will run aground if the crew ignores the rules of nature.