
Cabinet talks are still just talks with no serious moves towards any coalition formation. In fact Pieter Omtzigt (above) has sent an unwitting message whilst being interviewed today; written on a sheet of paper under his arm it says "not in cabinet with PVV". He later said that this was accidental but his intentions are clear.
Just how accidental this is is a matter of conjecture - during the last cabinet formation in 2021, one of the negotiators was also photographed with a sheet of notes where, clearly legible was written: "Omtzigt - function elsewhere.". He had brought the previous government into problems by acting as a whistleblower to a major tax / child-support scandal that had caused thousands of people unnecessary financial difficulties.
Omtzigt remains a rigidly moral figure who evidently dislikes Wilders modus operandi - the chance of the two finding any common ground from which to govern is increasingly small.