Migration: Dutch Prime Minister Rutte resigns

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Dutch Prime Minister Rutte resigns

Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, addresses the press after the weekly Council of Ministers. photo

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In several attempts, the Dutch government had fought for a more restrictive migration policy. After a crisis meeting, the bang is over: the government has collapsed.

The Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced his government’s resignation. The differences between the four coalition parties on migration policy were irreconcilable, the prime minister said in The Hague on Friday evening. That same evening he wanted to offer King Willem-Alexander in writing the resignation of the cabinet. He regretted this step, but said it was “a political reality”. Rutte left open whether he would run again in a new election.

It was the fourth government of the right-wing liberals. She has been in office since early 2022. Rutte himself has been Prime Minister of the Netherlands for almost 13 years. According to observers, a new election will not take place until November.

dpa

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