Ascension Day is do-or-die moment for Dutch cabinet negotiations

The talks to form a new Dutch government are entering a make-or-break week after the four right-wing parties submitted their financial plans to the budget analysis bureau CPB. The CPB is due to report back on Wednesday, ahead of the Ascension Day holiday, so the parties can discuss the results ahead of next week’s deadline to conclude the third phase of negotiations. All four parties – the far-right PVV, right-wing liberal VVD, centre-right NSC and the farmers’ party BBB –...