Overview
- VVD lawmaker Thom van Campen won the speakership in a third ballot with 79 votes to incumbent Martin Bosma’s 69, becoming the chamber’s youngest chair at 35.
- Van Campen immediately took the gavel from Bosma and briefly thanked colleagues for their confidence before presiding over the session.
- D66 and CDA held expert briefings on asylum and migration and said they aim to make substantive choices within roughly three weeks, acknowledging policy gaps remain.
- State commission chair Richard van Zwol advised negotiators to retain the spreidingswet, aligning with D66 and CDA positions, while other parties stay split after earlier repeal plans by the demissionary cabinet drew municipal objections.
- Negotiators met housing experts including VNG and industry and academic figures, with D66 leader Rob Jetten seeking practical steps to accelerate homebuilding and further sessions on nitrogen policy planned this week.