As talks on forming a right-wing cabinet between the VVD Liberals and Christian Democrats with the tacit support of the anti-Islam PVV continue, unease is mounting within the CDA.

In Tuesday’s NRC, Arjan Kaaks who wrote most of the party’s election manifesto, urged the CDA not to go ahead with an alliance with the PVV.
‘We have lost our party leader, our chairman, our unnamed crown prince in Camiel Eurlings and our important advisor Jack de Vries. Combine that with the massive loss of seats [at the general election] I would say especially now we have to stand by our key values,’ he wrote. ‘And those are equality, solidarity and freedom of religion and freedom of education.’
The PVV wants to ban the Koran and close Islamic schools.
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Acting party chairman Henk Bleker met senior CDA members, including three former prime ministers, on Tuesday to bring them up to date with the talks. All declined to comment for Nos tv when leaving the meeting.
Bleker told reporters opponents of the alliance with the PVV should wait for the outcome of the formation discussions. The result will have to be ‘CDA proof’ or ‘we will not join this party, he said.
At a meeting of the CDA parliamentary party on Tuesday, acting party leader Maxime Verhagen came under fire for not keeping MPs up to date on the talks.
Verhagen was made temporary leader following the resignation of Jan Peter Balkenende. He quit after the party took just 21 seats in the June general election.