Dutch Political Leaders Seek to End Impasse in Coalition Talks
- Lead negotiator will talk to political leaders again on Friday
- At least four parties are needed for majority government
Mark Rutte, Dutch prime minister, arrives for a European Union leaders’ emergency Brexit summit in Brussels on April 29, 2017.
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Moves to revive Dutch coalition talks are likely to drag into next week without any clarity on the direction the discussions on forming a new multiparty government will take.
Seventy days have now passed since the Dutch cast their votes for a new parliament, but there is no sign yet that a new government can be in place soon. A first attempt at formal negotiations between Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberals, the Christian Democrats, the centrist liberal D66 party and the Greens failed last week over immigration policy, and preliminary talks about another combination of parties collapsed Tuesday.