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Dutch parties agree minority coalition with Jetten as youngest prime minister
D66, CDA and VVD will govern with 66 seats, ten short of a majority, after October election ended PVV-led coalition.
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Dilan Yeşilgöz
Leader of the VVD, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
What we have reported
- The former justice minister has not decided whether she will join the new cabinet.
- Yeşilgöz leads the VVD, the party of former prime minister Mark Rutte, which risks losing its position as the Netherlands' dominant liberal force.
- She leads the party of former prime minister Mark Rutte into an election where it is forecast to lose ground.
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