After weeks of deadlock, Dutch budget talks between minority coalition and opposition finally start moving

For weeks, the negotiations went nowhere. Attempts to build support for the Dutch minority coalition's first budget repeatedly stalled, including during the political battles around Prinsjesdag and the annual parliamentary debate on government policy. Now, for the first time, opposition parties say they see signs that Prime Minister Rob Jetten's cabinet is prepared to move. Whether that will be enough to secure a parliamentary majority remains uncertain. But after a new round of talks on Saturday, several opposition leaders emerged noticeably more optimistic than they had been only days earlier, suggesting the political dance between the minority coalition and the opposition may finally be underway.