Tough coalition talks ahead as Dutch centre left and far right tie in election
• Oct 30, 2025, 2:11 PM
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The centre-left party D66 and the far-right Party for Freedom are neck-and-neck in the Dutch snap election, but regardless of the winner there will have to be talks to build a coalition. Yet it is likely that the next prime minister will be D66 leader Rob Jentten rather than Geert Wilders, as parties have rejected collaborating with the latter again. FRANCE 24's Fernande Van Tets breaks it down for us from Amsterdam.
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