The elections were held in June, but the Netherlands is still waiting for a new government. Negotiations between the Christian democrats of the CDA, the conservative party VVD and the anti-Islamic party of Geert Wilders (PVV) are interrupted. Tuesday evening and Wednesday the Christian democrats held a crisis meeting whether to continue negotiations on forming an alliance with the PVV.
Many prominent CDA members – including the former prime ministers Ruud Lubbers and Dries van Agt – have objected to negotiations with a party (PVV) that wants to go as far as to rewrite the constitution.