NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt has told reporters he is prepared to support a right-wing cabinet made up of the PVV, VVD and BBB from the sidelines, if an agreement can be worked out which he can commit to. However, Omtzigt said again after Wednesday’s coalition formation talks with Kim Putters, his party will not join a majority or a minority …
Pieter Omtzigt, the former Christian Democrat MP whose new party Nieuw Sociaal Contract won 20 seats in last week’s election, has said he is not yet ready to start talks on forming a new cabinet. However, he told Ronald Plasterk, who has been charged with carrying out initial coalition talks, that he was not ready to discuss forming either a …
The upcoming CDA party leader Wopke Hoekstra finds it “difficult to imagine” that his party could form a cabinet with the PVV after the elections. On Saturday, the PVV presented its election program, calling for a ban on the spread of “Islamic ideology.” Party leader Geert Wilders also wants the establish a Ministry for De-Islamization, and he believes that temporary …
