The center-right VVD party has secured more seats in parliament than any other party, setting up a potential fourth term in office for Prime Minister Mark Rutte. A coalition with the pro-European D-66 party looks likely.
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before, he did better. but in the weeks leading up to the election, his party was sort of, say, might win a couple of seats, they won some, but it s not like two years ago in the middle of the refugee crisis when he was polling a lot higher. and he s not going to gain a big position in politics because the smaller parties aren t going to want to form a coalition with him in it. so he remains a small player in dutch politics? yeah. well, that s the first that s a good observation right now. the vvd will have the initiative in forming a coalition. it s at the start unlikely that the freedom party will be joining these talks to be part of the coalition. but we should not underestimate that the freedom party has influence on the policy of dutch politics more broadly. so the cda and the vvd are