Rob Jetten wants to take the initiative in the formation. With 27 seats in the provisional forecast, his D66 appears to be the largest party. “Millions of Dutch people today said goodbye to a policy of negativism,” he says. Jetten is referring to the PVV, which with 25 seats in the forecast can still become the largest party. And Frans Timmermans is leaving as leader of GroenLinks-PvdA, which disappointingly received 20 seats in the exit poll. Read all about the elections in our live blog.

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