Dutch Four-Way Coalition Talks Progress With Greens on Board
Source: Bloomberg
The Dutch Liberals, Christian Democrats, the centrist D66 party and the Greens will investigate whether they can form a coalition government despite policy disagreements, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.
“I’ve said that I’m prepared to continue talks, but we have also spelled out to each other that the political differences between these parties are substantial,” Rutte, the Liberal party leader, said on Dutch television on Thursday. He spoke after a meeting in The Hague with Health Minister Edith Schippers, who’s heading the preliminary talks, Christian Democrat leader Sybrand Buma, D66 head Alexander Pechtold and Jesse Klaver of the Greens.
Schippers, who was appointed by parliament as the so-called scout to investigate coalition options after the March 15 election, previously had separate meetings with the four party leaders. Thursday was the first time they all gathered jointly for talks.
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