The four parties negotiating a coalition deal in the Netherlands will break a record on Friday (21 July), the 128th day since the Dutch elections.
It will be the longest period needed for a coalition deal to be concluded since the 1970s, when the longest coalition talks took 208 days.
Dutch outgoing prime minister Mark Rutte, a Liberal, hopes to secure a third term. "That hope has not reduced, it may have been increased a little bit,” said Rutte.
The previous post-1970s reco...
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