PVV Senator Gom van Strien resigned from his duties as scout for the Cabinet formation process. His resignation follows an article by NRC linking him to fraud at his former employer. The resignation of the scout before even his first meeting with party leaders is not an auspicious start to what is expected to be a challenging government formation.
Geert Wilders’ efforts to form a coalition that would allow him to become prime minister were thrown into turmoil on Monday as his chief negotiator quit amid fraud allegations.
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Already difficult talks to form a government coalition in the Netherlands after Geert Wilders's shock election win were thrown into disarray Monday as the man tasked with overseeing them resigned.