Negotiators on holiday as effort to form Dutch government enters fifth month


  • World
  • Thursday, 20 Jul 2017

FILE PHOTO: Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte is seen at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Efforts to form a new Dutch government, already the longest in 40 years, will not be completed for at least another month, because representatives of the four parties involved went on holiday for three weeks on Thursday.

Caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte's liberal VVD party began a new round of talks last month, the third since March 15 elections.

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