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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government collapsed on Friday after failing to reach an agreement on restricting immigration that would lead to new elections in the fall.
The crisis erupted with a push from the Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte VVD Party to limit the flow of asylum seekers to Hollandwhich two of his four-party government coalition refused to support.
“It is no secret that coalition partners have divergent views on immigration policy. Today we unfortunately have to conclude that these differences have become intractable. I will therefore present the resignation of the entire government to the King,” Root said in a televised news conference. .
Tensions came to a head this week, when Rutte demanded support for a proposal to limit entry to children of war refugees already in the Netherlands and to make families wait at least two years before they are united.
That last suggestion went too far for the little ones Christian Union and the liberal D66, causing a stalemate.
Rota’s coalition will remain as a caretaker government until a new administration is formed after fresh elections, a process that usually takes months in the fractured Dutch political landscape.
ANP news agency citing National Election CommissionHe said the elections would not take place before mid-November.
The caretaker government cannot decide on new policies, but Rutte said they would not affect the country’s support for Ukraine.
The Netherlands already has one of the toughest immigration policies in Europe, but under pressure from right-wing parties, Rutte has been trying for months to find ways to curb the flow of asylum seekers.
Asylum applications in the Netherlands jumped by a third last year to more than 46,000, and the government predicted they could increase to more than 70,000 this year – surpassing the previous high of 2015.
This will once again put a strain on the country’s asylum facilities, where hundreds of refugees at a time have been forced to sleep in rough conditions for months last year with little or no access to drinking water, sanitation or health care.
Rutte said last year he felt “ashamed” of the problems after a humanitarian group the doctors sans Frontieres has sent a team to the Netherlands for the first time ever, to help with the medical needs of migrants at the center for processing asylum claims.
He promised to improve conditions in the facilities, in particular by reducing the number of refugees arriving in the Netherlands. But he failed to gain the support of coalition partners who felt his policies had gone too far.
Rutte, 56, is the longest-serving government leader in Dutch history and the highest-ranking in the European Union after Hungary’s Viktor Orban. He is expected to lead his VVD party again in the upcoming elections.
Rutte’s current coalition, which came to power in January 2022, is the fourth administration in a row since he became prime minister in October 2010.
The crisis erupted with a push from the Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte VVD Party to limit the flow of asylum seekers to Hollandwhich two of his four-party government coalition refused to support.
“It is no secret that coalition partners have divergent views on immigration policy. Today we unfortunately have to conclude that these differences have become intractable. I will therefore present the resignation of the entire government to the King,” Root said in a televised news conference. .
Tensions came to a head this week, when Rutte demanded support for a proposal to limit entry to children of war refugees already in the Netherlands and to make families wait at least two years before they are united.
That last suggestion went too far for the little ones Christian Union and the liberal D66, causing a stalemate.
Rota’s coalition will remain as a caretaker government until a new administration is formed after fresh elections, a process that usually takes months in the fractured Dutch political landscape.
ANP news agency citing National Election CommissionHe said the elections would not take place before mid-November.
The caretaker government cannot decide on new policies, but Rutte said they would not affect the country’s support for Ukraine.
The Netherlands already has one of the toughest immigration policies in Europe, but under pressure from right-wing parties, Rutte has been trying for months to find ways to curb the flow of asylum seekers.
Asylum applications in the Netherlands jumped by a third last year to more than 46,000, and the government predicted they could increase to more than 70,000 this year – surpassing the previous high of 2015.
This will once again put a strain on the country’s asylum facilities, where hundreds of refugees at a time have been forced to sleep in rough conditions for months last year with little or no access to drinking water, sanitation or health care.
Rutte said last year he felt “ashamed” of the problems after a humanitarian group the doctors sans Frontieres has sent a team to the Netherlands for the first time ever, to help with the medical needs of migrants at the center for processing asylum claims.
He promised to improve conditions in the facilities, in particular by reducing the number of refugees arriving in the Netherlands. But he failed to gain the support of coalition partners who felt his policies had gone too far.
Rutte, 56, is the longest-serving government leader in Dutch history and the highest-ranking in the European Union after Hungary’s Viktor Orban. He is expected to lead his VVD party again in the upcoming elections.
Rutte’s current coalition, which came to power in January 2022, is the fourth administration in a row since he became prime minister in October 2010.
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