It acted in a caretaker capacity from the resignation of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on 10 June 2024, following the 2024 Belgian federal election, until the formation of the next government.

The De Croo Government is a so-called Vivaldi coalition, named after composer Antonio Vivaldi due to his work The Four Seasons which corresponds to the four different political views present in this coalition: the liberals (Open Vld and MR), the socialists (Vooruit and PS), the greens (Groen and Ecolo) and the Christian democrats of CD&V.

Most notably this government doesn't have a majority in the Flemish language group, as the two largest political parties in Flanders (and simultaneously in all of Belgium) are part of the opposition: N-VA and Vlaams Belang.

[1] Following the 2024 Belgian federal and regional elections, De Croo announced his resignation as prime minister.

A large number of government members were relatively unknown at the time of their appointment, as several parties decided to opt for new faces instead of familiar ones.