Dutch coalition talks poised to restart with a clean slate
7 years, 10 months ago

Dutch coalition talks poised to restart with a clean slate

Dutch News  

Negotiations on forming a new Dutch government got off to a fresh start on Wednesday, with a new chief negotiator who says he wants ‘a clean slate’ to begin with. Hermann Tjeenk Willink, who has been involved in three coalition processes in the past, met his predecessor Edith Schippers on Tuesday morning to discuss the negotiations so far. MPs debated the latest situation in the formation process on Tuesday and NOS correspondent Joost Vullings said it is clear that most prefer the idea of a majority cabinet. Immigration Schippers had attempted to form a coalition between the ruling VVD, the Christian Democrats, Liberal democratic party D66 and the left-wing green party GroenLinks.

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Hard-right Dutch coalition will lay out priorities as leaders bicker
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Hard-right Dutch coalition will lay out priorities as leaders bicker

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A speech by the Dutch king on Tuesday is to lay …

4 Dutch parties say they’ve reached agreement on ministers in a new right-wing government
9 months, 3 weeks ago

4 Dutch parties say they’ve reached agreement on ministers in a new right-wing government

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The four parties negotiating to form a coalition government in the Netherlands have reached agreement on a new team of Cabinet ministers, far-right leader Geert Wilders said Tuesday. It’s another key step toward forming the first Dutch government led by a far-right party. Former intelligence agency chief Dick Schoof was named last week as the candidate …

Coalition talks again bogged down in social media disputes
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Coalition talks again bogged down in social media disputes

Dutch News  

Talks on forming a new right-wing coalition government in the Netherlands continue to be dogged by social media posts, particularly by far-right leader Geert Wilders. On Thursday Wilders refused to withdraw a post he had placed about the VVD’s junior immigration minister Eric van der Burg, describing him instead as someone “who has turned the Netherlands into one big refugee …

Coalition talks again bogged down in social media disputes
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Coalition talks again bogged down in social media disputes

Dutch News  

Talks on forming a new right-wing coalition government in the Netherlands continue to be dogged by social media posts, particularly by far-right leader Geert Wilders. On Thursday Wilders refused to withdraw a post he had placed about the VVD’s junior immigration minister Eric van der Burg, describing him instead as someone “who has turned the Netherlands into one big refugee …

Talks to form a far right-led coalition government in the Netherlands falter
1 year, 1 month ago

Talks to form a far right-led coalition government in the Netherlands falter

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Talks to form a far …

Four parties hold rescue talks as mood sours over farm protests
1 year, 1 month ago

Four parties hold rescue talks as mood sours over farm protests

Dutch News  

The four parties trying to form a new Dutch government are holding a second day of informal meetings as they battle to meet next week’s deadline to deliver a progress report to parliament. Pieter Omtzigt, leader of Nieuw Sociaal Contract, criticised famers’ party leader Caroline van der Plas for not condemning a video posted by Mark van den Oever, leader …

Immigration issue challenges delicate talks to form new Dutch government
1 year, 2 months ago

Immigration issue challenges delicate talks to form new Dutch government

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Delicate talks to create a new Dutch government around anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders suffered a setback Wednesday when a lingering immigration issue divided the parties involved in brokering a coalition. “We have a problem,” Wilders told reporters in The Hague, the morning after a decision by senators from a key Dutch political party involved in the …

Dutch official says Geert Wilders and 3 other party leaders should discuss forming a new coalition
1 year, 3 months ago

Dutch official says Geert Wilders and 3 other party leaders should discuss forming a new coalition

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The far-right party led by Dutch election winner Geert Wilders should open negotiations with three other parties on forming a new government, the official appointed to investigate possible coalitions said Monday. Wilders’ Party for Freedom won 37 seats in the 150-seat lower house of the Dutch parliament in the Nov. 22 election, making it the biggest …

Dutch official says Geert Wilders and 3 other party leaders should discuss forming a new coalition
1 year, 3 months ago

Dutch official says Geert Wilders and 3 other party leaders should discuss forming a new coalition

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The far-right party led by …

Coalition talks in The Hague stall after D66 rule out Hart voor Den Haag
2 years, 11 months ago

Coalition talks in The Hague stall after D66 rule out Hart voor Den Haag

Dutch News  

Efforts to form a new administration in The Hague have ground to a halt after most of the main parties said they would not work with Hart voor Den Haag, which won nine seats in the March local elections. D66, which won eight seats, has said it will not form a coalition with the party as long the criminal investigation …

Coalition talks in The Hague stall after D66 rule out Hart voor Den Haag
2 years, 11 months ago

Coalition talks in The Hague stall after D66 rule out Hart voor Den Haag

Dutch News  

Efforts to form a new administration in The Hague have ground to a halt after most of the main parties said they would not work with Hart voor Den Haag, which won nine seats in the March local elections. D66, which won eight seats, has said it will not form a coalition with the party as long the criminal investigation …

Dutch Cabinet deal struck between VVD, D66, CDA and ChristenUnie after 38 weeks
3 years, 3 months ago

Dutch Cabinet deal struck between VVD, D66, CDA and ChristenUnie after 38 weeks

NL Times  

The leaders of VVD, D66, CDA and ChristenUnie agreed on a deal Monday evening to form a new Cabinet. It has been more than 38 weeks since the Tweede Kamer elections, making it the longest Cabinet formation process in Dutch history. After that, party leaders are expected to meet again to discuss possible minor adjustments to the deal that different …

Left-wing parties to be included in cabinet formation talks: Informateur
3 years, 5 months ago

Left-wing parties to be included in cabinet formation talks: Informateur

NL Times  

The Cabinet formation informateurs will try to involve PvdA and GroenLinks in the negotiations. The search for a "fruitful collaboration" with the rest of parliament will "focus" on these two left-wing parties, Johan Remkes said at a press conference. Earlier, both left-wing parties indicated that they did not want to make agreements with the four negotiating parties. "We are not …

Going Dutch: Look out, German coalition talks could be long
3 years, 6 months ago

Going Dutch: Look out, German coalition talks could be long

The Hindu  

As Europe's economic powerhouse Germany embarks on the task of piecing together a new ruling coalition after Sunday's knife-edge election, observers need only look to its neighbours, Belgium and the Netherlands, to see how tricky the process can be. Olaf Scholz, leader of the centre-left Social Democrats that narrowly beat outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right Union bloc on Sunday …

ChristenUnie doesn't feel 'welcome' in coalition discussions
3 years, 7 months ago

ChristenUnie doesn't feel 'welcome' in coalition discussions

Dutch News  

Caretaker prime minister Mark Rutte has said that no further party has been excluded from coalition negotiations, although ChristenUnie leader Gert-Jan Segers told NOS on Tuesday that he didn’t feel ‘welcome’. But the fly in the ointment is whether the government remains relatively right wing, as with the previous administration, or whether it takes a swing to the left by …

ChristenUnie doesn't feel 'welcome' in coalition discussions
3 years, 7 months ago

ChristenUnie doesn't feel 'welcome' in coalition discussions

Dutch News  

Caretaker prime minister Mark Rutte has said that no further party has been excluded from coalition negotiations, although ChristenUnie leader Gert-Jan Segers told NOS on Tuesday that he didn’t feel ‘welcome’. But the fly in the ointment is whether the government remains relatively right wing, as with the previous administration, or whether it takes a swing to the left by …

Coalition talks to resume on Monday, with Kaag, Rutte and Hamer meeting
3 years, 7 months ago

Coalition talks to resume on Monday, with Kaag, Rutte and Hamer meeting

Dutch News  

Talks on forming a new coalition government in the Netherlands will resume on Monday, when chief negotiator Mariëtte Hamer holds talks with Mark Rutte, prime minister and leader of the VVD, and Sigrid Kaag, foreign minister and D66 chief. The two party leaders have been working on a joint document over the summer which is supposed to outline a possible …

Coalition talks to resume on Monday, with Kaag, Rutte and Hamer meeting
3 years, 7 months ago

Coalition talks to resume on Monday, with Kaag, Rutte and Hamer meeting

Dutch News  

Talks on forming a new coalition government in the Netherlands will resume on Monday, when chief negotiator Mariëtte Hamer holds talks with Mark Rutte, prime minister and leader of the VVD, and Sigrid Kaag, foreign minister and D66 chief. The two party leaders have been working on a joint document over the summer which is supposed to outline a possible …

VVD, D66 leaders asked to start drafting gov't agreement as formation process stalls
3 years, 9 months ago

VVD, D66 leaders asked to start drafting gov't agreement as formation process stalls

NL Times  

Cabinet formation informateur Mariette Hamer will ask VVD leader Mark Rutte and D66 leader Sigrid Kaag to start drafting a coalition agreement on Tuesday, insiders told Dutch media. Hamer confirmed only that she will deliver her final report on formation talks at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday to the Tweede Kamer, with a statement and press conference to follow at 3:30 …

Cabinet formation adviser aiming for a breakthrough in coalition talks
3 years, 9 months ago

Cabinet formation adviser aiming for a breakthrough in coalition talks

NL Times  

Cabinet informateur Mariëtte Hamer is trying to force a breakthrough in the currently stalled Dutch cabinet formation talks, newspaper Volkskrant reported. Hamer was set to meet the leaders of the six biggest parties on Friday at 4 p.m. to further discuss coalition options, with three main scenarios currently on the table. In a second scenario, Mark Rutte and Sigrid Kaag …

Dutch gov't formation stalled; Deadline extension to be requested
3 years, 9 months ago

Dutch gov't formation stalled; Deadline extension to be requested

NL Times  

Informateur Mariette Hamer is having a difficult time finding parties willing to work together in the next Dutch cabinet. She was given the tasks to look at the development of a recovery plan for after the coronavirus crisis, and to find parties who want to form a cabinet together. On Thursday she spoke separately with D66 leader Sigrid Kaag, PvdA …

Lawmakers censure Dutch PM Rutte over coalition talks
4 years ago

Lawmakers censure Dutch PM Rutte over coalition talks

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s political future was in doubt Friday after lawmakers passed a motion of censure against him that was filed by two parties in his own outgoing coalition. But he will find it even harder to form a ruling coalition future after lawmakers accused him of trying to sideline a popular campaigning …

Baudet's video tweet leads CU to pull out of Zuid-Holland coalition
5 years, 9 months ago

Baudet's video tweet leads CU to pull out of Zuid-Holland coalition

Dutch News  

ChristenUnie councillors have pulled out of talks on forming a new provincial government in Zuid-Holland province with the nationalist Forum voor Democratie. However, ChristenUnie has now apparently said it will not join a coalition with Thierry Baudet’s party, one reason being his circulation of an anti-immigrant video made by a far right women’s group and doctored to fit the Netherlands …

Baudet's video tweet leads CU to pull out of Zuid-Holland coalition
5 years, 9 months ago

Baudet's video tweet leads CU to pull out of Zuid-Holland coalition

Dutch News  

ChristenUnie councillors have pulled out of talks on forming a new provincial government in Zuid-Holland province with the nationalist Forum voor Democratie. However, ChristenUnie has now apparently said it will not join a coalition with Thierry Baudet’s party, one reason being his circulation of an anti-immigrant video made by a far right women’s group and doctored to fit the Netherlands …

Gov't will look for left-wing help in Senate, Green party leader thinks
6 years ago

Gov't will look for left-wing help in Senate, Green party leader thinks

NL Times  

GroenLinks leader Jesse Klaver believes that the government will opt for cooperation with the left-wing opposition in the new Senate. Klaver can't imagine that coalition parties D66 and ChristenUnie will be "eager" to collaborate with nationalist party FvD, the big winner of the Provincial State elections going from 0 to 12 seats in the Eerste Kamer, the Dutch Senate. D66 …

New Amsterdam coalition formed, presented Thursday
6 years, 10 months ago

New Amsterdam coalition formed, presented Thursday

NL Times  

GroenLinks, D66, PvdA and SP successfully reached a coalition agreement for Amsterdam, D66 faction leader Reinier van Dantzig announced on Twitter. Amsterdam's new coalition will present their agreement on Thursday. Last week the new city government already presented its plans for tourism in the Dutch capital. There the city council will debate the coalition agreement, and the four coalition partners …

Local elections: Populists may be kept out in Rotterdam, but lead in The Hague
6 years, 11 months ago

Local elections: Populists may be kept out in Rotterdam, but lead in The Hague

Dutch News  

Despite emerging as by far the biggest party in Rotterdam at last month’s local elections, populist party Leefbaar Rotterdam may be squeezed out of the new coalition. D66, the Labour party and left-wing greens of GroenLinks are working towards forming a coalition without Leefbaar after pledging to ignore the party because of its alliance with the right wing Forum voor …

Local elections: Populists may be kept out in Rotterdam, but lead in The Hague
6 years, 11 months ago

Local elections: Populists may be kept out in Rotterdam, but lead in The Hague

Dutch News  

Despite emerging as by far the biggest party in Rotterdam at last month’s local elections, populist party Leefbaar Rotterdam may be squeezed out of the new coalition. D66, the Labour party and left-wing greens of GroenLinks are working towards forming a coalition without Leefbaar after pledging to ignore the party because of its alliance with the right wing Forum voor …

Populist Parties Form Broad Coalition in Rotterdam and The Hague
7 years ago

Populist Parties Form Broad Coalition in Rotterdam and The Hague

Dutch News  

Local leaders in five major Dutch cities are forming broad coalitions to form new city administrations. In Rotterdam, Leefbaar Rotterdam wants to set up a 'broad coalition' including the VVD, D66, GroenLinks and Labour. In The Hague, Groep de Mos has appointed Hans Wiegel to try to put a coalition together and Wiegel has also said he will go for …

Populist Parties Form Broad Coalition in Rotterdam and The Hague
7 years ago

Populist Parties Form Broad Coalition in Rotterdam and The Hague

Dutch News  

Local leaders in five major Dutch cities are forming broad coalitions to form new city administrations. In Rotterdam, Leefbaar Rotterdam wants to set up a 'broad coalition' including the VVD, D66, GroenLinks and Labour. In The Hague, Groep de Mos has appointed Hans Wiegel to try to put a coalition together and Wiegel has also said he will go for …

GroenLinks' hopes hinge on a coalition with the left
7 years ago

GroenLinks' hopes hinge on a coalition with the left

Dutch News  

GroenLinks leader Rutger Groot Wassink is planning to form a coalition with the Liberal democratic party D66, Labour and the Socialists to regain power in Amsterdam. Despite losing many seats in the recent election, Groot Wassink does not consider this a problem and believes that a vote for a party that lost is as valuable as one for a party …

GroenLinks' hopes hinge on a coalition with the left
7 years ago

GroenLinks' hopes hinge on a coalition with the left

Dutch News  

GroenLinks leader Rutger Groot Wassink is planning to form a coalition with the Liberal democratic party D66, Labour and the Socialists to regain control of Amsterdam. Despite losing many seats in the recent election, Groot Wassink does not consider this a problem and believes that a vote for a party that lost is as valuable as one for a party …

Dutch left unites behind alternative government agreement
7 years, 5 months ago

Dutch left unites behind alternative government agreement

Dutch News  

The three main left-wing Dutch opposition parties have drawn up their own ‘alternative’ coalition agreement which they say will involve real investment in Dutch society rather than big business. The three parties suggest scrapping a number of measures the new government plans to take including the rise in the lower VAT tariff, from 6% to 9 %, the lower tax …

The new Dutch coalition is a marriage of convenience, say the leader writers
7 years, 5 months ago

The new Dutch coalition is a marriage of convenience, say the leader writers

Dutch News  

The Dutch papers and opinion pages are quick to describe Tuesday’s coalition agreement as a document full of compromises, and one born out of necessity rather than real conviction. Describing the coalition as one born out of need, they point out that each of the four party leaders has made their own contribution to the coalition agreement: ‘The VVD’s Rutte …

The new Dutch coalition is a marriage of convenience, say the leader writers
7 years, 5 months ago

The new Dutch coalition is a marriage of convenience, say the leader writers

Dutch News  

The Dutch papers and opinion pages are quick to describe Tuesday’s coalition agreement as a document full of compromises, and one born out of necessity rather than real conviction. Describing the coalition as one born out of need, they point out that each of the four party leaders has made their own contribution to the coalition agreement: ‘The VVD’s Rutte …

Dutch gov't agreement done, sent to parliamentary factions
7 years, 5 months ago

Dutch gov't agreement done, sent to parliamentary factions

NL Times  

Nearly seven months after the parliamentary elections, the negotiators of the VVD, CDA, D66 and ChristenUnie are finally done with their new government agreement, formation mediator Gerrit Zalm announced on Monday. The agreement was sent to the four parties' parliamentary factions, which have the rest of Monday to read through it, ask questions and make comments, NU.nl reports. "We have …

Dutch coalition talks have not yet touched on the future of Europe
7 years, 6 months ago

Dutch coalition talks have not yet touched on the future of Europe

Dutch News  

The four parties involved in talks to form a new coalition government in the Netherlands have not yet reached a joint position on Europe, ChristenUnie MP Joel Voordewind told a radio programme on Saturday. ‘Europe still needs to be discussed,’ Voordewind told Radio1 programme Kamerbreed, which was discussing Commission chairman Jean-Claude Juncker’s speech on the future of Europe last week. …

Dutch coalition talks have not yet touched on the future of Europe
7 years, 6 months ago

Dutch coalition talks have not yet touched on the future of Europe

Dutch News  

The four parties involved in talks to form a new coalition government in the Netherlands have not yet reached a joint position on Europe, ChristenUnie MP Joel Voordewind told a radio programme on Saturday. ‘Europe still needs to be discussed,’ Voordewind told Radio1 programme Kamerbreed, which was discussing Commission chairman Jean-Claude Juncker’s speech on the future of Europe last week. …

Dutch coalition talks continue as MPs prepare to return to The Hague
7 years, 7 months ago

Dutch coalition talks continue as MPs prepare to return to The Hague

Dutch News  

Talks on forming a new coalition government in the Netherlands are set to continue this week, 5.5 months after the March 15 general election, but according to the Volkskrant, only three days of negotiations are scheduled. Parliament officially opens for business again on September 6, after a seven week recess, and the parties are holding end-of-summer meetings with MPs, senators …

Dutch coalition talks continue as MPs prepare to return to The Hague
7 years, 7 months ago

Dutch coalition talks continue as MPs prepare to return to The Hague

Dutch News  

Talks on forming a new coalition government in the Netherlands are set to continue this week, 5.5 months after the March 15 general election, but according to the Volkskrant, only three days of negotiations are scheduled. Parliament officially opens for business again on September 6, after a seven week recess, and the parties are holding end-of-summer meetings with MPs, senators …

Dutch coalition negotiations: 'compromise reached on ethical issues'
7 years, 7 months ago

Dutch coalition negotiations: 'compromise reached on ethical issues'

Dutch News  

The four parties currently working on forming a new coalition Dutch government appear to have reached a deal on controversial ethical issues, the AD and Telegraaf said on Tuesday. In particular the four – Liberal parties D66 and VVD and Christian parties CDA and ChristenUnie – have agreed not to press on with calls for changes in the euthanasia law …

Dutch coalition negotiations: 'compromise reached on ethical issues'
7 years, 7 months ago

Dutch coalition negotiations: 'compromise reached on ethical issues'

Dutch News  

The four parties currently working on forming a new coalition Dutch government appear to have reached a deal on controversial ethical issues, the AD and Telegraaf said on Tuesday. In particular the four – Liberal parties D66 and VVD and Christian parties CDA and ChristenUnie – have agreed not to press on with calls for changes in the euthanasia law …

Dutch cabinet formation talks resume after a three-week break
7 years, 7 months ago

Dutch cabinet formation talks resume after a three-week break

Dutch News  

Talks on forming a new government will resume on Wednesday after a three-week break. Trouw reports that the agenda for today’s meeting will include a variety of proposals drawn up over the summer by former finance minister Gerrit Zalm who is heading up the negotiations. VNO-NCW chief Hans de Boer and Han Busker of the trade union federation FNV will …

Dutch cabinet formation talks resume after a three-week break
7 years, 7 months ago

Dutch cabinet formation talks resume after a three-week break

Dutch News  

Talks on forming a new government will resume on Wednesday after a three-week break. Trouw reports that the agenda for today’s meeting will include a variety of proposals drawn up over the summer by former finance minister Gerrit Zalm who is heading up the negotiations. VNO-NCW chief Hans de Boer and Han Busker of the trade union federation FNV will …

Dutch govt. formation talks restart after summer break
7 years, 7 months ago

Dutch govt. formation talks restart after summer break

NL Times  

After a break of almost three weeks, the VVD, CDA, D66 and ChristenUnie are meeting today to continue negotiating forming a government together. It's now been 144 days since the government formation talks began. On average, formation talks last 90 days, RTL Nieuws reports. On the last day of talks before the summer break, Zalm described the negotiations in terms …

Time for a break: Dutch coalition talks on back burner as holidays loom
7 years, 8 months ago

Time for a break: Dutch coalition talks on back burner as holidays loom

Dutch News  

The four parties involved in talks to form a new Dutch coalition met for the last time on Wednesday, ahead of a two-week break. Prime minister and VVD leader Mark Rutte said as he arrived at Wednesday’s talks: ‘I hope that today we can count on going away for a few days. We are working hard.’ Christian Democrat leader Sybrand …

Day 126 of formation talks; still no new Dutch government
7 years, 8 months ago

Day 126 of formation talks; still no new Dutch government

NL Times  

Today is the 126th day of government formation talks in the Netherlands. The financial part of the formation is going so well, that mediator Gerrit Zalm hopes to have this phase finished today, BNR reports. After 126 days of talks, everyone is tired - especially the negotiators for the VVD, CDA and D66, who've been part of the talks since …

Little progress in Dutch govt. formation talks: D66 leader
7 years, 8 months ago

Little progress in Dutch govt. formation talks: D66 leader

NL Times  

After a week and a half of negotiations, the VVD, CDA, D66 and ChristenUnie have made little progress in forming a new Dutch government together, according to D66 leader Alexander Pechtold. Between the four parties, the D66 and ChristenUnie have the biggest differences in viewpoints on a number of topics, especially concerning medical ethics. CDA leader Sybrand Buma and VVD …

Dutch cabinet talks restart, tricky issues to be tackled next week
7 years, 9 months ago

Dutch cabinet talks restart, tricky issues to be tackled next week

Dutch News  

The four parties involved in talks on forming a new coalition government will start by tackling ‘immaterial issues’ to get them out of the way, says new chief negotiator Gerrit Zalm. ‘And you only want to include issues in the coalition agreement which fit in the new cabinet’s profile.’ There are wide differences between the Liberal democratic party D66 and …

Dutch cabinet talks restart, tricky issues to be tackled next week
7 years, 9 months ago

Dutch cabinet talks restart, tricky issues to be tackled next week

Dutch News  

The four parties involved in talks on forming a new coalition government will start by tackling ‘immaterial issues’ to get them out of the way, says new chief negotiator Gerrit Zalm. ‘And you only want to include issues in the coalition agreement which fit in the new cabinet’s profile.’ There are wide differences between the Liberal democratic party D66 and …

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