I muri mai, i hanga he "rōpū whero" o Liberals me Social Democrats i muri i ngaro te Greens te nuinga o ratou nohoanga i roto i te pōtitanga 2003. Ko te kāwanatanga i arahina e te Pirimia Guy Verhofstadt i 1999 ki 2007 tutuki i te pūtea taurite, etahi whakarerekētanga tāke, he mahi-maraka whakarerekētanga, i whakaritea te karihi karihi me te whakatinana i te ture e whakaaetia ana i te hara whawhai kaha ake me te whakamahinga ngawari o te tarukino ngawari. I whakahekehia nga here ki te euthanasia me te ture i whakahoutia te marenatanga o te taangata kotahi. I whakatairangahia e te kawanatanga Karaitiana i Awherika me te wheako o te whakaeke a te kawanatanga Karaitiana i Iraq. He whenua noa iho te whenua. Mai i te Hui-tanguru 20, 2007, i kii te Kawanatanga Francophone a Verhofstadt i tenei kawanatanga kaore i tino kaha ki te whakaeke i te kawanatanga o te whenua tae noa ki te mutunga o te pōtitanga. I te 20 o nga ra o Poutu-te-te-rangi 2008 i
te rangatiratanga kaha i Awherika