The Hague: Six months after Geert Wilders won a shock election, feuding politicians agreed on a coalition government on Wednesday, and the Dutch right-wing leader is not set to become prime minister.
“We have negotiators,” said Wilders, who agreed to give up his dream of running the European Union’s fifth-largest economy amid widespread concern about his anti-Islamic, anti-European views.
Mark Rutte, who is expected to lead a right-wing coalition government and become NATO’s new secretary general, has not yet been seen as prime minister.
However, the main contender seems to be former education and interior minister Ronald Plasterk, who also played a key role in overseeing the initial talks.
On Wednesday, lawmakers from all four parties approved the deal, details of which were not yet available.
