After a dispute over migration, Geert Wilders pulled his far-right party out of the ruling coalition, which led to the fall of the Dutch government. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Dick Schoof announced his retirement and presented King Willem-Alexander with the cabinet’s resignation.
Schoof described Wilders’ decision to withdraw his PVV party’s backing in a broadcast statement during an emergency cabinet meeting as “irresponsible and unnecessary.” As far as I’m concerned, this shouldn’t have happened,” he said. For little than a year, the ruling coalition was in power.
After Wilders pushed for ten more asylum measures, such as freezing applications, stopping the construction of receiving facilities, and restricting family reunion, the dispute ultimately caused its collapse.
On Tuesday morning, Schoof made a last-minute plea to the coalition party leaders, but the meeting ended after only one minute when Wilders left. Our preparations for asylum have not been signed. “PVV departs from the coalition,” Wilders stated on X.
A number of political heavyweights expressed amazement and rage, pointing out that they would not obstruct the PVV’s implementation of Wilders’ proposals because they were comparable to measures previously included in the coalition agreement.
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