Left-wing MPs have called on cabinet negotiator Ruud Lubbers to come parliament and explain why he deviated from his commission and sanctioned talks on forming a minority government.

Lubbers was charged by queen Beatrix with investigating ‘realistic options’ for forming a majority cabinet but has now cleared the way for a minority cabinet made up of the CDA and VVD.
Lubbers is planning to meet other party leaders on Monday but Labour, Socialist, GroenLinks and D66 Liberal MPs say they want parliament to be recalled from the summer break to discuss the issue.
Labour leader Job Cohen said Lubbers should not be looking at the options for a minority cabinet until all the options for a majority have been exhausted. Cohen earlier refused to join talks on a cabinet made up of the VVD, VDA and Labour because it would involve two parties which lost seats in the general election.
Socialist party leader Emile Roemer has suggested a cabinet made up of Labour, the CDA, SP and GroenLinks with Cohen as premier. That alliance would have 76 seats out of 150.