Elio Di Rupo (L) shakes hands during a swearing-in ceremony with Belgian King Albert II as he takes the oath as the first French-speaking Belgian Prime Minister in nearly 40 years, after formally ending the record 541 days the country has gone without a government, at the Royal Palace in laeken, near Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. The swearing-in is a long-awaited relief to the entire nation of 6.5 million Dutch speakers and 4.5 million French speakers who long ago grew frustrated with the deadlock between politicians over linguistic differences. (PTI)