Netherlands: “Rutte 4” starts with same team, but on different bases

The Government Agreement concluded by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte, a nine-month fruit of laborious negotiations, plans to respect the principle of carbon neutrality in 2050 and to reduce inequalities, with investments in the sectors of the Education and housing.

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The pregnancy will have lasted nine months but the delivery did not trigger the enthusiasm: the Dutch, who had voted on March 17, will wait on December 15 to see a government agreement. With a Rutte 4 team, whose composition will be perfectly identical to that of Rutte 3.

“There must be no joy or pride, but modest,” said Sigrid Kaag, a member of the party of left center D66, one of the main protagonists of this negotiation that beat all the records of duration and has was marked by countless turnovers, theater and big bouvues. As oblivion on the bench of a train, by one of the participants, of documents summarizing the ongoing discussions. Or the flight of a note referring to the attempt to avoid an important, but too critical member, of one of the parties invited to the discussions.

/Media reports.