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=== Relationships to other parties ===
Historically, the PvdA has co-operated in cabinets with the Christian democratic [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA), [[Political Party of Radicals]] (PPR), [[Catholic People's Party]] (KVP), [[Anti-Revolutionary Party]] (ARP), [[Christian Historical Union]] (CHU) and [[Christian Union (Netherlands)|ChristianUnion]] (CU) parties and the liberal parties [[Democrats 66]] (D66) and [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD). Between 1971 and 1977, PvdA was allied with D66 and the PPR. After 1977 until 1989, it was closely allied to D66. Since 2003, the relationship between the PvdA and D66 has considerably worsened, at first because PvdA was in opposition to the [[Second Balkenende cabinet]], in which D66 had co-operated.

During the governance of the [[second Balkenende cabinet|second]] and [[third Balkenende cabinet]], the [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]] and [[GroenLinks|GreenLeft]] were calling for closer cooperation with the PvdA, calling to form a shadow government against the Balkenende cabinet, PvdA leader Bos held this off.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

The PvdA has strong ties with [[GreenLeft]]. In the [[2021 Dutch cabinet formation]], the parties unsuccessfully combined. Prominent members including [[Frans Timmermans]] and [[Marjolein Moorman]] have called for a deepened collaboration. A merger has also been discussed. The [[Wiardi Beckman Foundation]] has voiced its opposition to this.

Despite the fact that the two parties (PvdA and GroenLinks) separately participate in a European Political Group, Groenlinks as a member of [[Greens–European Free Alliance]] and PvdA as a member of the [[Party of European Socialists]], the parties campaigned together as GroenLinks-PvdA for the [[2024 European Parliament election]].