Overview
- Rob Jetten announced the trio will govern together after talks in Hilversum and has invited faction leaders to discuss cooperation.
- The three parties control 66 seats in the Tweede Kamer, so they must assemble ad hoc majorities for laws and navigate separate Senate support.
- VVD preferred involving JA21, but Jetten ruled it out; JA21 leader Joost Eerdmans called the lack of talks a missed opportunity.
- An EenVandaag poll of more than 20,000 panel members found roughly two-thirds of D66, CDA and VVD voters accept a minority cabinet despite doubts about decisiveness.
- CDA leader Henri Bontenbal said the setup requires a new political culture treating opposition as equal partners, and a constitutional law scholar warns budget deals will be the toughest to secure.