Dutch Queen Calls In Lubbers to Explore Coalitions
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Queen Beatrix asked Ruud Lubbers, a three-time prime minister, to meet political leaders and report back quickly on how a new Dutch government can be formed, after five weeks of inconclusive coalition talks.
“I will meet all party leaders” to “discuss thoroughly” the possibilities of forming a Cabinet backed by a majority in parliament, Lubbers told reporters in The Hague today.