Dutch political leaders meet amid stalled coalition talks
ABC News
Dutch political party leaders are meeting to force a breakthrough in deadlocked negotiations to form a new ruling coalition
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Dutch political party leaders met Wednesday to force a breakthrough in deadlocked negotiations to form a new ruling coalition — efforts that came more than six months after a general election left a deeply divided parliament in the European Union nation.
After hours of discussions, the leaders of smaller parties left, while the leaders of the three main parties that are expected to form the core of any new coalition government kept talking.
“It’s up to them to decide what they want,” Jesse Klaver, leader of the Green Left party, told reporters.
“We have today again said that we are prepared to form a Cabinet and negotiate about that,” Klaver said, standing alongside the leader of the center-left Labor Party, Lilianne Ploumen.
