Wilmes named Belgium's 1st female PM

Sophie Wilmes has been named Belgium's first female prime minister, replacing liberal leader Charles Michel, who will become president of the European Council on Dec 1.

Belgium has had a caretaker government since last December when Michel's coalition collapsed as the Flemish nationalists quit in protest at a United Nations migration pact.

Negotiations to form a new coalition have stalled since parliamentary elections in May produced fragmented results. The caretaker government now has only 38 of the 150 seats in the Belgian Parliament.