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Jetten Moves to Form Dutch Minority Government With VVD and CDA

The trio plans to seek issue-by-issue backing from other parties to govern without a parliamentary majority.

Democrats 66 (D66) party leader Rob Jetten speaks next to the media members at the Dutch Parliament, after the Dutch parliamentary elections, in The Hague, Netherlands, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw/File Photo
The Netherlands moves closer to a government

Overview

  • D66 leader Rob Jetten announced an agreement to build a cabinet with the VVD and the centre-right CDA.
  • The three parties control 66 of 150 seats in the Dutch parliament, leaving them short of a majority.
  • Talks with other party leaders will begin in the coming weeks to negotiate "understandings" on key legislation.
  • Jetten said he aims for a swift cabinet with an ambitious program that can deliver stability.
  • The announcement comes nearly three months after the October 29 election in which D66 narrowly edged Geert Wilders’s PVV.