Analysis
What’s happening in the Dutch elections?
Thursday, 2 March 2017
Our colleagues at Fipra Netherlands have been tracking the upcoming elections. Here is a summary of the upcoming events. For more information, contact bas.batelaan@fipra.com
| When? | What? | What happens? |
| 24 February | Start election recess | No parliamentary debates and start of campaigning period |
| 15 March | Election day | Day of the elections |
| 20 March | Definitive results | Election committee declares definitive results |
| 23 March | First day of new parliament | Installation members of parliament |
| Election debate | Parliament debates with the ‘informateur’ about election results and formation process. The ‘informateur’ tries to identify which parties could form a coalition. | |
| – | Information phase | Political parties negotiate about the formation of a new Cabinet, which could take at least 3-5 months. |
| – | Formation phase I | A ‘formateur’ or possibly several ‘informateurs’ are assigned in order to lead the negotiation process towards a coalition agreement with main policies for the next 4 years. |
| Summer 2017? | Formation phase II | The ‘formateur’ forms a Cabinet and presents the new ministers and under-ministers to the monarch. The ‘formateur’ will probably become prime minister. |
