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Coalition talks in the Netherlands were suspended on Thursday after a minister in charge of the talks tested positive for the coronavirus.
Caretaker Interior Minister Kajsa Ollongren’s positive result comes just three days after Mona Keijzer, state secretary for economic affairs and climate policy in the outgoing government, also tested positive.
Dutch media reported that Ollongren, of the liberal-left D66 party, had initially arrived at parliament on Thursday morning to continue talks on forming a new government following this month’s election. She left immediately after receiving her result.
Ollongren had met with several other party leaders and lawmakers in recent days as part of the negotiations. Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s test result on Wednesday was negative, his office said.
Rutte’s liberal People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) party once again won the largest share of parliamentary seats, while D66 came in second place.
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