Archive · 9 Jan 2026

Dutch Parties Aim for Minority Government

Dutch Parties Aim for Minority Government

In the Netherlands, three political parties are talking about forming a government together.

This government would be a minority one, which means they won't have a majority of seats in the parliament.

The parties involved are D66, which won the last election, the Christian Democrats, and the VVD.

They are trying to work out how to govern the country together, even though they might not have enough seats to make all their decisions without support from other parties.

This is a rare situation in the Netherlands.

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