The Belgian transport minister has resigned amid claims she lied about an EU report that criticised security at Brussels Airport a year before last month's ISIS suicide bombings.
In a formal confirmation, the Royal Palace said King Philippe had accepted the resignation of Jacqueline Galant.
A day earlier, Prime Minister Charles Michel had defended Galant, who is from his own centrist party in the coalition government, insisting that her office had not been aware of a critical report sent in March 2015 by EU officials.
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