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    Dutch parties agree on rare minority government

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    AMSTERDAM, Jan ​27 (Reuters) - Leaders of political parties in the Netherlands have agreed to form a rare ⁠minority government, they said on Tuesday.

    The centrist pro-EU D66 party, which won the election ‍last October, will team up with the conservative ​Christian Democrats and the right-wing VVD in a coalition that will only hold 66 seats ​in the 150-seat lower house of parliament.

    The coalition also lacks a majority in the upper-house Senate, which can block legislation that has been passed in the ‌lower house, and will have to seek ‌support for its policies among opposition parties.

    The government will ​be led by D66 leader Rob Jetten, 38, who will become the youngest prime minister ‌in Dutch history.

    The parties' members of parliament ⁠will be asked to confirm the ‌agreement in the coming ​days, with an official presentation of the pact expected on Friday.

    Other cabinet posts will ⁠be filled in ⁠the coming weeks, and the government is expected to ​be officially installed within a month.

    (Reporting by Bart Meijer, Editing ‌by Franklin Paul)

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