A draft agreement on constitutional revision is now thought to be only days away.
It was among the most contested provisions in the course of the 1999 constitutional revision.
At the constitutional revision of 1983 Patijn played an important role.
Last June the two sides agreed to debate constitutional revision in a special committee, but eight months later no significant progress has been made.
The constitutional revision of 1984 gave the legislature the power to regulate the language by law.
In the mid-1890s, the liberals began to push for another constitutional revision.
From the 1960s to the 1980s, constitutional revision was rarely debated.
But consider that constitutional revision in a future election this close.
He said a commission would work on constitutional revisions, with proposals to be made to him by June.
The 1970 constitutional revision did not finally settle the problem, however.