The three center-right parties that Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders needs to form a coalition government in the Netherlands agreed on Friday to try to identify the main obstacles that divide them before actually starting substantive talks, EFE reported.

The liberal party VVD, the Christian Democratic Party NSB, the farmers’ party BBB, on the one hand, and the far-right PVV, on the other, will start discussions on the topic of the three obstacles that divide them, according to the conclusions reached by the social democrat Ronald Plasterk, who roamed the field with these formations for the past two weeks, inside sources told public broadcaster NOS, Agerpres noted.

Plasterk, who during those two weeks acted as a “researcher” for the coalition government, had numerous meetings, both individually and in groups, with various political leaders to try to reach a convergence of positions, given the skepticism of liberals and Christians. The Democrats will support the government led by Wilders’ far-right PVV party.

In principle, Plasterk will present a report with his findings to the Dutch parliament on Monday and, as already announced by sources in the negotiations, he will recommend that the four formations discuss three key points.

The first obstacle is the objections of Pieter Omzigt, the leader of the RNB, to certain parts of the far-right election program that he considers to be against the Constitution, the rule of law and international treaties, such as Wilders’ proposal to ban the Koran and Islamic education, or his desire to organize a referendum on exit The Kingdom of the Netherlands from the European Union (EU).

The next step is to hold discussions on the issues that the various parties consider important to be included in the negotiation agenda, to draw up a list of priorities on which they must agree and on which negotiations will begin after they pass the exploratory phase of the talks. . We are talking about such topics as the health care system, pensions, financing of the new social policy, farmers’ problems, as well as the continuation of military support for Ukraine, which Wilders does not agree with.

The third difficult point is the formula according to which the possible cooperation between the four formations will take place: will it be a traditional coalition, to which all parties will give ministers? Will there be a group that only provides parliamentary support but will not be active in the cabinet? Will there be another combination that will allow Wilders to become prime minister?

The parties involved in the talks will first have to overcome these three hurdles before they can really begin to discuss the substantive issues, but Plasterk believes, according to NOS, that there is a desire among the four formations to reach a common solution.

There is no limit on how long the dialogue between the four factions will last, but it is estimated that it will take weeks or even months until there is more mutual trust between them before they actually sit down to the negotiating table. a substantial and viable coalition agreement.

Wilders’ party won the election on November 22, winning 37 of the 150 seats in the Dutch parliament, giving it priority in trying to form a government.