Editing Jan Peter Balkenende (section)

===Fourth cabinet===
{{Main|Fourth Balkenende cabinet}}
Though his old coalition partners, VVD and D66, fared badly in the parliamentary elections of 2006, Balkenende managed to defend the dominant position of his CDA. Needing alternative coalition partners to form a new majority government, he formed a social-Christian coalition with the [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] (PvdA) and the orthodox-Protestant [[Christian Union (Netherlands)|Christian Union]]. The [[Fourth Balkenende cabinet]] was [[2006–2007 Dutch cabinet formation|formed]] after Balkenende was appointed ''[[formateur]]'' by [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Queen Beatrix]] on 9 February 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nos.nl/nos/artikelen/2007/02/art000001C74C011F6335E9.html |title = Balkenende benoemd tot formateur |date = 9 February 2007 |publisher = [[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting|NOS]].nl |language = nl |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070211174622/http://www.nos.nl/nos/artikelen/2007/02/art000001C74C011F6335E9.html |archive-date = 11 February 2007 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> His cabinet was announced on 13 February and was scheduled to be in office until 2011, but it fell in the early morning of 20 February 2010 as the result of disagreement between the majority of the parliament and the coalition partners CDA and PvdA over the extension of the Dutch [[International Security Assistance Force|ISAF]]-mission in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-government-falls-over-afghanistan-mission|title=Dutch government falls over Afghanistan mission|last=Tyler|first=John|date=20 February 2010|publisher=[[Radio Netherlands Worldwide]]|access-date=20 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223001603/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-government-falls-over-afghanistan-mission|archive-date=23 February 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> In contrast to the formation of a new caretaker cabinet with full responsibility (Balkenende III after the fall of Balkenende II), Balkenende IV continued as a demissionary cabinet, a caretaker cabinet with limited responsibility. Balkenende government opposed Ukraine and Georgia becoming NATO action plan members at [[2008 Bucharest summit]].<ref name="divided">{{cite news |work=Euractiv 
|date= Apr 2, 2008 |title='Old' and 'new' Europe divided at NATO Summit 
|access-date=March 19, 2023 |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/security/news/old-and-new-europe-divided-at-nato-summit/ }}</ref> "Ukraine is seen by Russia as part of its own historic and cultural domain," [[Jan Marinus Wiersma|Dutch politician]] stated.<ref name="divided"/>