Coalition talks round two: MPs ask SER chief to take over

A card-carrying member of the Labour party has been charged by parliament with overseeing the next round of efforts to form a right-wing government in the Netherlands, following a bad-tempered debate in parliament on Wednesday. Kim Putters, the chairman of the SER think-tank and a former PvdA senator, was nominated by Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right PVV, to take on the job and has said he is willing to do so. “I’m going to do my best but I’m...