Cabinet negotiator to meet right-wing party leaders again

Thursday 09 September 2010

Cabinet negotiator Herman Tjeenk Willink is to hold a new round of meetings with the leaders of the three right-wing parties, he told reporters on Thursday afternoon.

Tjeenk Willink said the aim of the second round is to 'go into greater detail about the conditions which have to be fulfilled' in order to form a 'stable cabinet'.

The right-wing Liberals VVD and Christian Democrats hope to form a minority cabinet which will have the support of the anti-Islam PVV. The three parties would control 76 of the 150 seats in the lower house of parliament but would not have a majority in the senate.

Next week

On Friday morning, Tjeenk Willink will meet his predecessor Ivo Opstelten and the chairman of the senate René van der Linden.

Many insiders expect Opstelten will be asked to take over the negotiations again. The former Rotterdam mayor has so far spent four weeks leading talks between the three right-wing parties.

He hopes to complete his inquiries by Monday so that negotiations can begin later next week. Talks on forming a right-wing cabinet collapsed last week when PVV leader Geert Wilders pulled out.

After a prominent CDA critic resigned, Wilders said he wanted to reopen the discussions.

© DutchNews.nl

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