The Dutch have no government since March

June 2017

To elect a government in the Netherlands, there has to be a majority in the Parliament. To be a majority, a party or a coalition has to gather 76 seats. In March 2017, the legislative elections didn’t allow to form this majority. Therefore, it’s been three months that the Netherlands don’t have a government. Mark Rutte’s (PM) party, the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD, Right liberal) is the major one with 33 seats. It tries to form a coalition with the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA, christian & conservatism, 19 seats), the Democrats 66 (D66, social liberal & progressive, 19 seats) and the GroenLinks (green & progressive, 14 seats) who gained 10 seats at March’s elections.

Unfortunately, the negotiations to form the coalition still fail because of disagreements over immigration policies. In the opposition, G. Wilder’s nationalist party is the second major party, with 20 seats in the Parliament.

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