Dutch PM seals pact for new government

Dutch PM seals pact for new government

by Joseph Anthony
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the VVD Liberal party

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte sealed a deal to form a government on Tuesday, ending months of negotiations between four parties and marking a rightward shift in the countryโ€™s political landscape.

The coalition talks were the longest since World War II, overtaking a previous record of 208 days set in 1977, as the parties sought to overcome wide differences.

Issues up for debate ranged from migration โ€” a topic that dominated the national elections in March in which the anti-Islam party of Geert Wilders finished second โ€” to taxes to euthanasia.

โ€œAll parties came with some last-minute wishesโ€, Rutte told reporters after a final meeting with negotiators on Tuesday.

โ€œBut the government pact is now definitely ready.โ€

Leader of the liberal VVD party, Rutte will head his third government since coming to power in 2010.

He will start appointing cabinet members later this week with the new government expected to be installed at the end of this month.

Though not including Wildersโ€™ party, the coalition will be distinctly more right wing than Rutteโ€™s most recent government with Labour, with corporate and income tax cuts and a focus on national identity expected to be high on its agenda.

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