The three parties in talks on forming a new, right-wing government have almost reached agreement on cutting spending on defence and development aid, the Telegraaf reports.

The VVD Liberals, Christian Democrats and anti-Islam PVV have already agreed to find savings of €18bn in an effort to get government spending back under control.
The paper says the three parties have now agreed to shave €300m on defence spending and keep the door open for the purchase of the new JSF fighter jets to replace the country’s ageing F16s. But the F16s will remain in service longer and fewer JSFs will be bought, the paper says.
The budget for development aid, which the PVV would like to see scrapped altogether, will be cut from €4.7bn to €4bn, or around 0.7% of GDP, the paper says.
The Telegraaf also says agreement has been reached on dividing up the ministerial jobs. In total, there will be 10 ministers – five from the VVD and five from the CDA. The economic affairs and agriculture ministries are to be merged, as are the environment and transport departments.
The housing and integration ministry and family ministry will be scrapped, the paper says.
Last week it emerged that PVV leader Geert Wilders is refusing to agree to cuts in social security spending and redundancy law reforms. Both the CDA and VVD want to make large savings on social security spending.
Talks on forming a right wing minority government between the CDA and VVD are now in their third week. If successful, the PVV will give support to the government in parliament on issues determined in the coalition agreement but will retain the right to state its own position on Islam and immigration.