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The fourth Balkenende cabinet or '''Balkenende IV''' is the current Dutch Coalition Cabinet formed by the Political Parties Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), Labour Party (PvdA), and ChristianUnion (CU). The cabinet succeeded the Third Balkenende Cabinet and was installed by Queen Beatrix on February 22 , 2007 . It was named Balkenende IV after Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende . The cabinet is scheduled to be in office until 2011 . FORMATION The Coalition Cabinet Balkenende II Collapsed on June 29 , 2006 after the political party Democrats 66 (D66) withdrew their support for the coalition. The political parties Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and People's Party For Freedom And Democracy (VVD) formed the Minority Cabinet Balkenende III , which was installed on July 7 , 2006 , and early General Elections were held on November 22 , 2006 . After the elections the Christian Democratic Appeal remained the largest party, while the Socialist Party (SP), the Party For Freedom (PVV), the ChristianUnion (CU), and the Party For The Animals (PvdD) gained seats in the new Tweede Kamer . Beatrix Of The Netherlands appointed Rein Jan Hoekstra as '' Informateur ''. He explored the possibilities for the different three party coalitions, since no two parties could form a majority in the Tweede Kamer together. This resulted in a coalition of the Christian Democratic Appeal, the Labour Party (PvdA), and the ChristianUnion . Together these three parties will have a majority of 79 seats out of 150 seats in the Tweede Kamer. In the second information round Herman Wijffels was the ''informateur'' to negotiate between the Jan Peter Balkenende (CDA), Wouter Bos (PvdA), and André Rouvoet (CU) to reach a Coalition Agreement . The motto of the agreement they reached on February 7 , 2007 was "Living together, working together". | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Title | Coalition agreement summary |
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| Publisher | NOS News |
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| Url | http://wwwnosnl/nosjournaal/dossiers/kabinet2007/regeerakkoordhtml |
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| Date | February 7 , 2007 |
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