Complex sentence: She asked PvdA-leader Wouter Bos to speak out in favour of a left wing government after the elections in 2006; however, he refused to do so, not wanting to alienate the Christian-democrat CDA.
Split into simpler sentences: She asked PvdA-leader Wouter Bos to speak out in favour of a left-wing government after the elections in 2006. He refused to do so, not wanting to alienate the Christian-democrat CDA.