NETHERLANDS: Talks to form a far-right-led government have come to a premature end after a key coalition partner walked out of a meeting on Tuesday night.

Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders had hoped to form a government with three other parties, but tensions came to a head when New Social Contract party leader Pieter Omtzigt quit over the state of government finances.

If all efforts to cobble together a viable coalition fail, there will have to be a new election.