Overview
- News agency ANP projects D66 at 27 seats with a roughly 15,200-vote edge over PVV, with Venray and about 135,000 overseas ballots still to be validated.
- Rob Jetten plans to present a team of experts on Tuesday to open formal consultations that proceed through the Dutch scout, informateur and formateur stages.
- Geert Wilders has rejected the reported outcome on X, accusing ANP of arrogance, suggesting fraud and vowing to oppose Jetten from the opposition benches.
- Coalition arithmetic remains fraught as VVD leader Dilan Yesilgoz rules out cohabitation with the labour‑green camp and signals openness to JA21, while the broader far‑right bloc totals 42 seats.
- Caretaker leader Dick Schoof says a cabinet before Christmas is unlikely and indicates he may continue steering the country into the new year.