D66, VVD and CDA agree on their plans for the next Dutch cabinet

 

D66, VVD and CDA agree on their plans for the next Dutch cabinet

January 27, 2026

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/01/d66-vvd-and-cda-agree-on-their-plans-for-the-next-dutch-cabinet/

 

The three parties involved in forming a new minority government in the Netherlands finalised their coalition agreement late on Tuesday evening, clearing the way for a new cabinet to take office.

 

The Liberal Democratic party D66, the Christian Democrats and the right-wing VVD said earlier this month they had decided to put together a minority cabinet, which will need the backing of other parties to see policy through both houses of parliament.

 

“We now want to get started on all the major issues facing us. International security, domestic security, providing affordable homes, getting migration under control and investing in the new economy,” D66 leader Rob Jetten, who is set to be the next prime minister, told reporters after Tuesday’s session.

 

There are just a few points to be finalised and on Friday the three parties will present their detailed agreement to the public, Jetten said.

 

The plans include “enormous investment” in defence and “in the Netherlands itself”, he said. “We want to set out the finances carefully so that we do not pass the debts on to future generations.”

 

Ministers

Work can now also start on finding ministers and it will be up to Jetten to lead that process. CDA leader Henri Bontebal has said he wishes to stay in parliament and the VVD’s Dilan Yesilgöz has not said whether she is aiming to be a minister.

 

She was previously justice minister under Mark Rutte and has been tipped by some insiders to take over at defence.

 

February 23 was pencilled in earlier as a potential date for the new cabinet to be formally presented to the king.