The largest ruling party VVD is increasing pressure on the cabinet: the long-awaited plan on migration must be ready by Friday, reports AD. Liberals think this has gone on long enough.
The VVD is losing patience with the club of ministers who have been discussing ways to control asylum and labor migration for months. The House of Representatives will go into recess after this week. The cabinet will continue to operate for another week, but the VVD recently issued a signal that the cabinet will no longer be allowed any extra weeks.
According to sources in The Hague, in the next few days ‘much remains to be done’. It is no coincidence that special meetings on migration are scheduled almost every day this week, led by Minister Dilan Yesilgöz (Justice and Security, VVD). “The government’s goal is also to come up with a plan this week,” says an insider.
Sources within the VVD do not want to say what consequences they attach if the cabinet misses the deadline. It depends on the situation, “whether it is still a long way off or if more research is needed on a point”. But: ‘all options are on the table’, so also that the liberals leave the coalition.
Source: BNR
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