The longest government cabinet formation in Dutch history - 271 days as of Monday (13 December) - is finally approaching its denouement.
Outgoing, incoming, and current caretaker prime minister Mark Rutte's liberal party (VVD) will form a government with left-leaning liberals D66, the Christian Democrats (CDA), and the small protestant Christenunie (CU).
"We are well on our way, so we hope we can come out soon," Wouter Koolmees, who is charged with forming the new government, sa...
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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.