"We're incredibly eager to get started, said Jetten, 38, who will become the country's youngest ever premier, announcing the accord on Tuesday night. We're going to do it as a three-party coalition, but we'd also like to work with other parties. He added: 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."
"The government's plans, due to be announced in detail on Friday, include enormous investment in defence and in the Netherlands itself, Jetten said. We want to set out the finances carefully so that we do not pass debts on to future generations. Spurred by what Jetten called its positive message, D66 surged to an upset win in the October election, beating the far-right Freedom party (PVV), a member of the outgoing coalition, by the slimmest of margins."
A coalition of D66, the Christian Democrats and the VVD will form a minority government holding 66 of 150 lower-house seats. Rob Jetten, 38, will become the country's youngest ever prime minister. The cabinet prioritizes international and domestic security, affordable housing, migration control, defence spending and investment in the new economy. Planned measures include large defence and domestic investments and fiscal measures aimed at avoiding passing debts to future generations. D66 achieved an upset win in October, narrowly beating the PVV, which later lost seven seats after a breakaway. The cabinet lacks a Senate majority and must secure opposition support to pass legislation.
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