Belgian King Philippe on Monday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, as is normal after elections in Belgium. De Croo’s coalition government will stay on as a caretaker until a new coalition is formed, the prime minister said on the social media platform X. The New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) – a conservative and Flemish separatist group – came first in the elections, as they did in the last election in 2019. However, the N-VA remained in opposition, while De Croo’s Flemish liberal OpenVLD eventually formed a seven-party coalition. Belgian politics is fractious and split a…