With these measures the government was able to break the drug-terrorism alliance by offering the barons protection so they would stop providing the terrorists with resources.
The New Flemish Alliance, which made the break-up of Belgium a central manifesto pledge at the election, said it had "fundamental remarks" to make about the proposal before continuing negotiations.
But while Mr Miller sat at the summit table on Thursday night, a group of parliamentarians from his Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) met in Warsaw and agreed to break away and form a new party.
Second, that even if Alliance does make progress it will require the bigger parties to break their anti-water charges pledges before the policy can become reality.
Amy Tenderich, chief patient advocate at Alliance Health, says that the sense of camaraderie helps patients break though the isolation that used to be hallmark of having a chronic illness.
With consumers still depressed, Mr de la Rua's Alliance is set for a drubbing in the congressional election due in October, and could break up as a result.
But even if they won't break their word, they may no longer be around in a year or so to prevent such an alliance if next month they have to take responsibility for the SPD's worst election result since 1949.