Dutch voters annoyed by already drama-filled Cabinet formation process
Dutch voters are annoyed with the already drama-filled Cabinet formation process, which is starting with only two parties and has lost an informateur, Hans Wijers, even before the substantive talks began. 83 percent of voters think that the political parties need to set their own interests aside in favor of the national interest, RTL Nieuws found in a survey of its news panel.
Voters agree with the decision of formation scout Wouter Koolmees to start the talks with the D66 and CDA, but they are also frustrated that parties refusing to work together are already frustrating the process. VVD leader Dilan Yeşilgöz, in particular, is being accused of thinking too much about the interests of her party. Remarkably, a third of VVD voters feel the same way.
According to the broadcaster, many right-wing voters support the D66, VVD, CDA, and JA21 coalition that Yeşilgöz is pushing for by refusing to work with GroenLinks-PvdA. They believe this combination would be a stable coalition, even if it is one seat short of a majority in parliament and isn’t even close to a majority in the Senate. But voters for the D66 and CDA have doubts about this, and as the two big winners in the election, these parties carry a lot of weight in the talks.
About two-thirds of all voters are open to their party working with a political party that is far removed from them, as long as it results in a stable government that can make progress in fields like housing, immigration, and defense. Supporters of the centrist parties are most open to this; VVD and JA21 voters are more divided. Half of these right-wing voters are vehemently against working with far-removed parties, even if it would mean progress for the Netherlands, according to RTL Nieuws.
