Dutch parties aiming for rare minority coalition government


FILE PHOTO: 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

AMSTERDAM, Jan 9 (Reuters) - ‌Government formation talks in the Netherlands ‌will be aimed at forming a rare ‌minority cabinet, leaders of the three prospective coalition parties said on Friday.

Negotiations are set to continue between the ‍centrist, pro-EU D66 party, which ‍won the election ‌last October, the conservative Christian Democrats and the ‍right-wing VVD.

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