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.
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The PVV has little enthusiasm for an overly forgiving approach to fraud. MP Edgar Mulder said in response to the parliamentary inquiry into the derailed fraud policy that he does not want “parliament to immediately have to bake leniency” into legislation. “Because real fraudsters simply need to be tackled.” NSC and VVD are also unwilling to adopt the recommendations outright and have received harsh criticism from other parties for their reluctance.
The leaders of 13 of the 15 political factions represented in the Tweede Kamer co-signed a statement expressing their outrage at the rise of anti-Semitism "in places where everyone should be able to gather freely and safely." The leaders of FvD and Denk were the only two in the lower house of Parliament who refused to put their names on the document, which was presented in response to the harassment and heckling targeting Jewish singer Lenny Kuhr.
Several professors will spend time on Monday discussing alternative forms that could be used to create the next Cabinet to lead the Netherlands. They will meet with Kim Putters, who was nominated by Parliament to lead a new round of talks with political parties and experts starting this week. During this four-week “intermediate phase” of the formation process, Putters wants to gain clarity about the different ways in which parties can cooperate to create a coalition.