The prime minister and his ministers administer the government and the various Federal Public Services (Dutch: Federale Overheidsdienst, French: Service public fédéral); roughly equivalent to ministries in other countries' administrative organization.

The King also meets a number of prominent politicians in order to discuss the election results.

[3] He also meets with prominent people in the socio-economic field to learn their views on the policy that the new Federal Government should conduct.

The task of a royal mediator is to reach an agreement on contentious issues, resolve remaining obstacles to the formation of a Federal Government and prepare the ground for a Formateur.

On 5 July 2007 King Albert II appointed Jean-Luc Dehaene as royal mediator to reach an agreement on a new State Reform.

The prime minister then countersigns the royal orders appointing the other members of the new Federal Government.

If the prime minister obtains the confidence of the majority, he can begin implementing the government agreement.

Incumbent Prime Minister Alexander De Croo would announce his resignation, although his government would continue to oversee their duties until a new coalition could be formed.

According to De Wever, the so-called "Arizona coalition (nl)" (N-VA - MR - LE - Vooruit - CD&V) seemed to be the only logical option for creating a new government.

King Philippe would assign Maxime Prévot (LE) as the mediator in the second round of negotiations.

Four out of the five parties were prepared to continue deeper negotiations, but Vooruit believed the proposals were still too unbalanced.

The current De Wever Government, a five-party cabinet since February 2025, consists of 15 Ministers in a coalition of the Flemish N-VA, Vooruit, CD&V, and the Walloon/Francophone Mouvement Réformateur, Les Engagés.