VVD leader Mark Rutte, tipped to win the June 9 general election, said on Sunday night he wants a new cabinet in place by July 1.

Forming a coalition in the Netherlands traditionally takes months, not days, and involves a detailed agreement.
However Rutte said he wanted a coalition agreement of some 10 A4 pages, including the main reforms the new government plans to implement and their financial implications, he said.

Budget
And, he said, he hopes the next cabinet will be able to draw up the 2011 spending plans, which are always published on the third Tuesday in September.
If no cabinet has been formed, the outgoing one prepares the budget.
Labour leader Job Cohen said Rutte’s plan was ‘very sensible’ but points out that it asks a lot of the parties concerned. ‘There must be underlying trust,’ he said.
And D66 leader Alexander Pechtold said he would prefer a good cabinet. ‘A lot of water has to flow through different rivers,’ he was quoted as saying by the Volkskrant.
GroenLinks leader Femke Halsema said if Rutte wanted a speedy coalition, he would have to rule out joining forces with Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam party PVV. Talking to the PVV would generate weeks of discussion and argument, she said.