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Government formation in the Netherlands: What the right-wing coalition plans

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Published: May 17th, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

Euphoria looks different. The agreement on the center-right to ultra-right coalition only came about after six months.
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„We are making history together, and the sun will shine over the Netherlands again,“ Geert Wilders began as he presented the coalition agreement. The deal is indeed historic, as it will be the first time that a right-wing extremist politician with his one-man party will be part of the government in the Netherlands. Moreover, for the first time, no party leader from the future four-party coalition will lead the government. It is a double experiment with an uncertain outcome.

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