 The queen appointed Piet Hein Donner (CDA) and Frans Leijnse (PvdA) as informateurs.Jan Peter Balkenende negotiated with Maxime Verhagen and Joop Wijn on behalf of CDA, Wouter Bos, together with Ferd Crone and Jet Bussemaker on behalf of the PvdA.This first information round stranded however on April 12 on what Balkenende called "lack of chemistry".