# VVD says minority cabinet cannot go on as it is

> After a seven-hour crisis meeting on Friday, VVD leader Dilan Yeşilgöz says her party cannot continue in the current way, and the coalition talks over a millionaire tax deal go on over the weekend.

Politics · published 2026-11-14 05:33 · https://nlnow.nl/a/vvd-says-minority-cabinet-cannot-go-on-as-it-is/

Prime Minister Rob Jetten, VVD leader Dilan Yeşilgöz and CDA deputy premier Bart van den Brink held crisis talks on Friday that lasted about seven hours. The talks continue over the weekend. Yeşilgöz said: "We cannot go on in the current way."

The row began on Wednesday. Coalition partners D66 and CDA struck a deal with PRO and Volt that brings a millionaire tax. The VVD says the deal breaches the coalition agreements. D66 and CDA say they had no other way to win a majority for all the tax plans.

> This cannot go on like this. As far as the VVD is concerned, the experiment with this minority cabinet has failed. The VVD joined this cabinet for lower taxes, room for entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses and investments in security. For a strong economy and stable governance. In recent months we have mainly seen a lot of political chaos, precisely in these areas. With an unprecedented escalation last week, in which our two coalition partners, behind our backs, together with the left, concluded a deal. Including PvdD and Denk. A deal that, according to the VVD, is bad for entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized businesses. And that has damaged trust within the coalition. As far as we are concerned, this cannot continue in this way either. That is why the VVD believes two things are needed: 1. Substantive correction. To mitigate and prevent the damage for entrepreneurs. 2. Political correction. The political balance must be restored. Too often, people are looking to the left now. The VVD has put these points on the table. This weekend we will continue talking about this.
> — Dilan Yesilgöz, VVD leader, on X (https://x.com/DilanYesilgoz/status/2121323876311331043) (translated from Dutch)

Van den Brink said he understands the anger in the VVD, "but that does not mean they are right". He said he will not take sides.

Rob Jetten wants to keep talking with the three coalition parties in the coming days.

> There have been good things happening recently, but there are also things that are not going well. And that has had an effect on mutual relations. That can and must be better – substantively, politically and personally. This calls for fundamental conversations that we started today, and this conversation is not finished. The Netherlands deserves to keep moving forward.
> — Rob Jetten, Prime Minister, on X (https://x.com/MinPres/status/2121335679032377598) (translated from Dutch)

## Background

- **VVD (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie)**: The liberal party on the centre-right, which favours free enterprise and lower taxes. It supplied the prime minister from 2010 to 2024 and is one of the three parties in the current cabinet, with D66 and the CDA.

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