Dutch Coalition Talks Deadlocked as New Bid for Deal Is Rejected
- PM’s Liberals, CDA, D66 and Christian Union won’t hold talks
- Four parties are needed for majority in 150-seat lower house
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Talks to form a new Dutch multiparty government reached an impasse after another attempt to start formal negotiations between four parties collapsed on Tuesday, 69 days after the March 15 election.
Lead negotiator Edith Schippers pushed for new discussions between Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberals, the Christian Democrats, the centrist D66 and the smaller Christian Union, saying it seemed the “only remaining serious option’’ after all other possibilities for a majority government were rejected by one or more parties.