VVD leader goes for right-wing option

New cabinet formation negotiator Ruud Lubbers must first look at forming a right wing cabinet between the VVD Liberals, anti-Islam PVV and Christian Democrats, VVD leader Mark Rutte said on Thursday.

Speaking after his meeting with Lubbers, Rutte said the right wing option had always been his preferred cabinet.
And Labour leader Job Cohen’s refusal to discuss a left-centre-right coalition meant looking again at the right was the ‘next logical step’, Rutte said.
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Earlier efforts to form a right-wing government involving the PVV floundered because the CDA refused to join in until the two other parties had reached agreement on controversial issues such as ethnic registration and a ban on the Koran.
‘The most important thing now is that we get a stable government,’ Rutte said, adding that he is concerned the formation process is taking too long.
Rutte was the first of the party leaders to meet Lubbers, appointed by queen Beatrix on Wednesday evening following the breakdown of talks on forming a ‘purple plus’ cabinet.