Since then, he has held exploratory coalition talks with the conservative People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, the party of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte, as well as the centrist National Security Council party and the populist Agrarian Citizens' Movement (BBB). ).
However, it became clear that the biggest obstacle to reaching a coalition agreement was the possibility of Wilders himself becoming Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
Kim Potters, the mediator who facilitated the coalition negotiations, submitted his final report on Thursday, proposing the formation of an extra-parliamentary government in which experts and figures from outside parliament and even outside politics would be chosen to run the country.
Wilders said on Thursday that it was “unjust” and “constitutionally incorrect” for him not to become prime minister. Speaking to reporters, he said that as leader of the largest party, he had told leaders of other parties that “it has to be me.” But he added that he did not receive enough support from the parties during the coalition talks to be able to lead his country.
Instead, Wilders will return to his familiar place in the Dutch parliament, where he began his political career in 1998, a record that makes him the longest-serving lawmaker in the Netherlands.
As part of the deal unveiled by Potters, the other three party leaders – Dylan Yeşilgoz of the VVD, Peter Omtzigt of the NSC, and Caroline van der Plas of the BBB – agreed to keep their seats in parliament rather than take up ministerial positions.
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