PVV leader Geert Wilders said on Tuesday he hopes that parties will at least sit with and talk to him about forming a coalition. He expressed his desire to form a government with VVD, NSC, and BBB after the meeting where Ronald Plasterk was appointed as the new scout for the Cabinet formation process. "My approach would be: start talking to each other and then we'll see if it works out or not. Without talking, nothing will succeed," Wilders stated.
The Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, commemorated the victims of the recent events in Israel on Wednesday. The Dutch MPs observed a minute of silence in the presence of Israeli Ambassador Modi Ephraim. Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema also observed a moment of silence on Wednesday in the city council.
The President of the Tweede Kamer Vera Bergkamp will not return to the lower house of the Dutch parliament after the elections in November. She announced on Thursday that she will not be listed as a candidate for her party D66 for the upcoming elections.