Dutch Negotiator Seeks Majority Government in New Round of Talks
- Tjeenk Willink to start by talking to five political parties
- Veteran politician says his job is to get parties talking
Herman Tjeenk Willink (left) meets with Mark Rutte in The Hague on Sept. 8, 2010.
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Veteran Dutch politician Herman Tjeenk Willink will talk to five parties, including Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberals, in a bid to revive negotiations to form a coalition government.
The minister of state, who previously led coalition talks in 1994 and 2010, plans to talk to the Liberals, Christian Democrats, D66, Greens and Christian Union, he told reporters in The Hague on Wednesday. His first aim in the talks is to form a cabinet with a majority in the 150-seat lower house of parliament.