News New cabinet
CU again supplies Minister of Agriculture, VVD Nitrogen
The Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) will once again be filled in by ChristenUnie in the new cabinet. The newly created Minister for Nature and Nitrogen will be a VVD member.
It is not yet known who the ministers will be. The names of candidate ministers and secretaries of state will be announced on Sunday. According to sources, the current Minister of Agriculture, Carola Schouten, would become Minister of Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions, Het Parool reports. According to RTL Nieuws, the new nitrogen minister will be Christianne van der Wal, party chairman of the VVD and currently deputy of Gelderland. At the Provincial Executive she is responsible for, among other things, responsibility for the economy and innovation, mobility and aviation.
The new cabinet will be sworn in on Monday 10 January. As formateur, Mark Rutte will receive the intended ministers from Monday 3 to Thursday 6 January.
VDD supplies the prime minister, seven ministers and three state secretaries. D66 will have six ministers and three state secretaries, the CDA will have four ministers and two state secretaries, and the ChristenUnie will have two ministers and one state secretary.
Linda van Eekeres
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