Overview
- Scout Wouter Koolmees advised D66 and the CDA to start substantive bilateral negotiations without other parties.
- The parties plan to nominate one informateur each for the process, with reports naming Hans Wijers for D66 and Sybrand Buma for the CDA, though formal appointment is still pending.
- Their mandate centers on housing, nitrogen policy, the business climate, asylum and migration, international security and budget policy.
- An EenVandaag poll shows many VVD voters are irritated at being sidelined, while D66 and CDA voters largely back the approach and most respondents prefer a majority coalition to a minority cabinet.
- A two-party D66–CDA cabinet would command only 44 seats and be fragile, as most parties rule out PVV and FvD participation and commentators describe the step as a time-buying pause to attract partners.