Overview
- The three parties together hold 66 of 150 seats in the Tweede Kamer, confirming a minority configuration.
- They will seek issue-by-issue cooperation from opposition parties and rely on shifting majorities.
- Negotiators aim to wrap detailed talks by the end of January after opening discussions in December.
- D66 parliamentary leader Rob Jetten was presented as the likely prime minister and cautioned that governing will be hard work.
- The chamber now counts 15 factions, an unusual level of fragmentation for the Netherlands, where minority cabinets are uncommon.