OverviewBackgroundScout KoolmeesInformateurs Buma and WijersInformateur LetschertFormateur Jetten
Following the Dutch general election on 29 October 2025, an ongoing process of cabinet formation was started. On 4 November 2025, Wouter Koolmees was selected as scout, after being nominated by the largest party, Democrats 66 (D66). There was no obvious majority coalition, as the People''s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) ruled out a coalition with GroenLinks-PvdA (GL-PvdA), and D66 did not want to form a government which included both JA21 and the VVD.