Campaign
The main issue at stake during the elections was the economic performance of the centre-right Second Balkenende cabinet – which consisted of the Christian-democratic CDA, the conservative liberal VVD and the progressive liberal D66 – as well as the composition of the new government and the future of the Dutch economy. Other issues were integration and the environment.
Read more about this topic: Dutch General Election, 2006
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