Informer Remkes understands the impatience of the House of Representatives and society about the long duration of the formation. “But we have been working on substantive talks for 3.5 weeks and anyone who looks back at previous formations knows that substantive conversations also take time,” he said before a new round of negotiations.
This morning, Remkes and Koolmees, the other informant, spoke with President of the House of Representatives Bergkamp about the progress. Bergkamp asked for a “timeline” last week, now that she is getting more and more “signs of impatience”. The elections are now almost eight months ago and no previous formation has lasted this long.
‘Don’t organize our own misfortune’
The informants will not come up with such a timetable. “I didn’t intend to organize our own accident,” Remkes said. He added that he and Koolmees are doing everything they can to complete “the process” as quickly as possible and that they are not wasting a day.
Remkes dismissed reports that an agreement could already be reached next week as fabrications: “We do not know who will help the world. There is no concrete time yet.” The informants will write a letter to the President of the House tomorrow about the state of affairs.
The negotiators, VVD, D66, CDA and ChristenUnie, do not venture to make predictions about an end date, but they also do not think that an agreement will be reached next week. “As soon as possible”, is more or less the summary.
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