Schoof will head a cabinet that the four parties have said would have looser ties to parliament. It could take weeks to put together, with the parties all negotiating over the portfolios and responsibilities
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Opposition parties are increasingly uneasy about the PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB coalition. The coalition parties are refusing to release an analysis of their coalition agreement, which reportedly shows that the future Cabinet will have multiple legal hurdles to cross to implement the plans therein, some of which are at odds with the Constitution. Opposition parties also have concerns about the choice of Dick Schoof as the new Prime Minister.
On Tuesday, a former head of the Dutch intelligence agency and counterterrorism office was unexpectedly nominated to become the next prime minister of the Netherlands. The nomination of 67-year-old Dick Schoof came after leaders forming a four-party coalition, led by Geert Wilders far-right Party for Freedom, endorsed him