Dutch coalition leaders resume crisis talks at De Zwaluwenberg
Rob Jetten and his deputy prime ministers resumed crisis talks at De Zwaluwenberg after a dispute over a tax deal with opposition parties. Party leaders were also due to join them.
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Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and his deputy prime ministers, Dilan Yeşilgöz and Bart van den Brink, met again at the De Zwaluwenberg estate near Hilversum on Saturday, as the coalition tried to resolve a political crisis triggered by a tax deal between D66 and the CDA and opposition parties PRO and Volt.
The three arrived shortly after 11am, according to Dutch news agency ANP. Their party leaders — Jan Paternotte of D66, Ruben Brekelmans of the VVD and Henri Bontenbal of the CDA — were also due to join the talks.
The meeting followed hours of crisis talks on Friday. Jetten said afterwards that he wanted to discuss a “serious restart” of the coalition. Yeşilgöz struck a more pessimistic note, calling the minority government a “failed experiment” and saying it could not continue on its current course. She called for a substantive change and said the possibility of bringing another right-wing party into the cabinet should be considered.
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