Overview
- Verkenner Wouter Koolmees formally advised D66 and the CDA to spend three weeks drafting a “positive agenda” on core dossiers including housing, nitrogen policy, business climate, energy and climate, asylum and migration, international security, and fiscal policy.
- D66 and the CDA accepted the content-first approach, with Koolmees proposing one or more informateurs to guide the talks toward policy contours that could secure backing in both the Tweede Kamer and the Eerste Kamer.
- VVD leader Dilan Yeşilgöz reiterated her rejection of a coalition with GroenLinks–PvdA, expressed preference for a center‑right arrangement possibly including JA21, and warned against “time‑consuming intermediate steps.”
- D66 leader Rob Jetten called the approach a necessary risk and favored an eventual majority including GroenLinks–PvdA, while CDA leader Henri Bontenbal said he is eager to negotiate from the center and stressed Senate realities with strong BBB (13 seats) and GroenLinks–PvdA (14) blocs.
- Separately, concern grew over reduced parliamentary experience as 70 MPs departed ahead of Wednesday’s installation of the new Tweede Kamer, and the PVV lost its sole seat in Utrecht’s Provincial Council after the resignation of its faction leader.