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D66 and CDA must draw up a "positive agenda" over the next three weeks to break the deadlock in the coalition formation. This is the recommendation of scout Koolmees (D66). So far, every majority coalition has been blocked. Therefore, the idea is for D66 and CDA to first agree on five major topics: migration, housing, security/defense, nitrogen emissions, and the economy/the investment climate for businesses. "Then other parties can assess wheth…
It was a turbulent day in The Hague, with seventy members of Parliament saying goodbye and eagerly awaiting the advice of scout Wouter Koolmees. The members of Parliament who will not be returning were given a farewell in the plenary hall. Political reporter Jeanneau van Beurden, along with Halbe Zijlstra and Wendy Beenakker, outlined the situation on Nieuws van de dag. Koolmees also spoke with the CDA, VVD, D66, and the Senate President about t…
22:24 Fearing a protracted government formation, the Dutch centrist parties D66 and CDA will jointly develop a substantive agenda. This remarkable move has left the liberal VVD...
The cabinet formation process will likely continue for the time being with only D66 and CDA present. The two parties will have to work together over the next three weeks to move forward on several key issues. Which other parties will ultimately join them to form the desired majority coalition will be decided later.
That this formation process wouldn't go smoothly was already seriously anticipated, but now it's proving to be quite time-consuming. The next phase, the interim stage in which D66 and CDA continue discussions on the major issues, will take three weeks, insiders told RTL Nieuws's political editors.
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