Henri Bontenbal

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Informateur Sybrand Buma speaking after delivering his final report on the 2025 Cabinet Formation, December 8, 2025.
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D66, CDA, VVD move forward on minority coalition plan, snubbing left-wing faction
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Informateur Sybrand Buma presents the coalition agreement with President of the Tweede Kamer, Thom van Campen.
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Coalition mediator sees no clear path to majority or minority Cabinet as talks drag on
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Informateur Sybrand Buma presents the coalition agreement with President of the Tweede Kamer, Thom van Campen.
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D66, CDA coalition plan restores 30% expat tax break; More homes, conscription, climate deal
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A handshake
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D66 and CDA set policy agenda, opening path for cabinet formation talks
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Sybrand Buma on 10 April 2019
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D66, CDA expected to present the outline of their plans for the next Cabinet today
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A ballot in the 2025 Tweede Kamer election is dropped into a box at a polling place in Amsterdam. 29 October 2025
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Coalition mediator Sybrand Buma rules out Cabinet with VVD and GroenLinks-PvdA
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D66 leader Rob Jetten
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D66, CDA starts "wrestling" over coalition outline after speaking with experts
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Firefighter fighting a wildfire
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Security Council warns of emergency risks, calls for €240 million in immediate funding
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Wouter Koolmees in his first press conference as a discussion leader to find a path towards a new coalition government. 4 Nov. 2025
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Cabinet formation advice: D66, CDA start negotiating, VVD sidelined for now
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Wouter Koolmees in his first press conference as a discussion leader to find a path towards a new coalition government. 4 Nov. 2025
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Coalition negotiations to start with only D66, CDA; Official report later today
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Early voters line up at De Tuin van Kapitein Rommel in Castricum to cast their vote at midnight in the parliamentary election, 29 October 2025
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Gamblers bet over $30 million on Dutch elections using U.S website
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Rob Jetten
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"Exciting till the very end," Jetten says; Will wait for results before formation starts
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A polling place sign in front of the library in the Indische Buurt in Amsterdam during the Tweede Kamer election. 29 Oct. 2025
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Centrist D66 wins Dutch election, knocking far-right PVV to second, exit poll shows
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PVV leader Geert Wilders voting in the parliamentary election on 29 October 2025
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Photos: Dutch party leaders cast their votes in parliamentary election
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Poster urging Amsterdam residents to vote in the parliamentary election on 29 October 2025
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PVV hammers on migration, others see end of "Wilders era" in last debate before election
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A pre-fabricated residential space being lifted over a poster for the 2025 parliamentary election to be placed as an apartment’s rear garden extension in Amsterdam, 17 October 2025
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Accusations and insults galore in penultimate debate before parliamentary election
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Tweede Kamer
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CDA drops five seats following controversial comments as Dutch election race tightens
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PVV leader Geert Wilders listens as Prime Minister Dick Schoof speaks to the Tweede Kamer ahead of the debate on the fall of his first Cabinet. 4 June 2025
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First election debate with PVV focused mostly on excluding "deserter" Wilders
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D66 Leader Rob Jetten rebukes PVV leader Geert Wilders during the Tweede Kamer debate on the fall of Prime Minister Dick Schoof's first Cabinet. 4 June 2025
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Dutch leaders clash over asylum and health care in televised debate
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Dilan Yesilgoz reacting to Esther Ouwehands (PvdD) who was asking critical questions about the VVD during a parliamentary debate on the stalled Cabinet formation talks, 14 February 2024
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Support for VVD and GroenLinks–PvdA leaders plummets ahead of elections
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Housing construction in Urk, March 2020
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CDA, VVD now agree their plan for 100,000 new homes per year is impossible
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Justice Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz defends debates the issue of legalizing hard drugs in the Netherlands in the Tweede Kamer. 8 February 2024
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VVD attacked in election debate; Accused of being far-right, out of touch, & antisocial
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Frans Timmermans
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GroenLinks-PvdA’s Timmermans eyes premiership if left forms government
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PVV leader Geert Wilders listens as Prime Minister Dick Schoof speaks to the Tweede Kamer ahead of the debate on the fall of his first Cabinet. 4 June 2025
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GL-PvdA wants gov't to say politicians fuel extremism; Wilders won't moderate tone