Sources in The Hague say officials from the three coalition parties are to meet on Thursday to discuss the growing crisis over plans to buy the American Joint Strike Fighter jet to replace the country’s aging F16s, the Telegraaf reports.

The paper says Labour and the orthodox Christian ChristenUnie want a three-month delay on the decision of whether or not to buy two test planes.
This will give MPs more time to assess the rival plane, the Saab Gripen NG, the paper says.
Junior defence minister Jack de Vries (Christian Democrat) wants a final decision on running JSF trials by the end of February next year. He says a delay will lead to extra costs and risk pilots’ training.
MPs are unhappy about the information De Vries has given to parliament about the two jets.
He is, for example, accused of telling MPs there was no information about the noise made by the Saab jet, even though the ministry knew it is quieter than the JSF, the Telegraaf reports.