The municipal formation process explained: what do scouts, informateurs and formateurs do?

Brabant scout must give direction to the Utrecht city council

A Brabant scout in Utrecht, the Wijk mayor as a scout in Culemborg and a Member of Parliament who serves as an informer in Amersfoort. Now that the municipal formation process has started, terms such as scout, informateur and formateur are flying around our ears. But what do they mean, and how does a municipality actually come to a new administration?

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