That is why it was decided to use a special discussion facilitator and method to bring the seven parties together, in addition to the aforementioned four, D66, the PvdA and the VVD, who have now signed the state proposal, also joined. The so-called ‘Consent method’ was used for this. This means that you make decisions to which none of those present has a major, substantiated objection. “For me, this was a really enlightening way of working,” says Dinklo. Groen: “Something like this can be very helpful in finding solutions for stuck themes.”
For example, Utrecht provincial parties – normally diametrically opposed to each other – jointly came up with a proposal about the slavery past
