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Coalition talks with ultra-right Freedom Party in Netherlands fail
2010-09-05
(Itar-Tass) -- Talks on forming the Netherlands' new government with the participation of the Geert Wilders-led ultra-right Freedom Party ended in failure on Friday. In the evening Wilders announced withdrawal from the negotiating process.

The Dutch parties that entered parliament in the June 9 elections have been locked in there months of talks, trying to agree on forming a government coalition. The Queen-appointed intermediaries have reshuffled practically all possible combinations. For the past few weeks there have been consultations on creating a three-party coalition of the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, centrist Christian Democratic Appeal and ultra-right Freedom Party.

Whereas late last week reports arrived that the parties had managed to agree on the basic positions and the announcement they had agreed to form a government was a matter of days, just one week later the Dutch Government's information service said that the talks on forming a coalition suffered failure.
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