D66 informateur steps down from formation talks over offensive messages about VVD leader

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Rob Jetten isn't even married yet, but his honeymoon is already over. With the resignation of his controversial informant, Hans Wijers, the shine on his promised fresh start in government is fading like snow in the sun.

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In the Netherlands, Hans Wijers (D66) is withdrawing as informateur after barely 24 hours. The reason is a leaked private message in which he calls VVD leader Dilan Yesilgöz "that shrew from the VVD." According to D66 leader Rob Jetten and Wijers himself, his position has become "untenable." Formateur Sybrand van Haersma Buma (CDA) is now continuing on his own.

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D66 informateur Hans Wijers is stepping down. He was already under fire for alleged statements about VVD leader Dilan Yesilgöz; now a private message has surfaced in which Wijers calls her "that shrew from the VVD." CDA prominent member Sybrand Buma will now lead the next phase of the coalition formation solo. This formation is also off to a rocky start.

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According to D66 leader Rob Jetten, the resignation of informant Hans Wijers due to "private messages" was the "only logical choice." NRC revealed on Friday that...

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Hans Wijers (D66) is stepping down as an informateur. In a statement to the press, he said that NRC Handelsblad (the Dutch newspaper) confronted him with a private message in which he "spontaneously made statements that one would never make with any deliberate consideration." Wijers did not specify which statements were in question or to whom they were addressed. He declined to answer questions from the press. D66 leader Jetten has since heard t…

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Willem Sijthoff "emphatically distances himself from any leaks," the media entrepreneur wrote following the uproar over statements made by D66 member Hans Wijers that led to his resignation as informateur. These statements concern statements made during an election night organized by Sijthoff and a private message that Wijers sent to Sijthoff, among others. "That was leaked without my knowledge," Sijthoff wrote on LinkedIn.