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The Agriculture Ministry says it is “doing as much as possible”, but a delay is “inevitable”, outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned yesterday evening. The ministry emphasizes that the issues that have already been set in motion can be widely implemented. “It is and remains important to take action in the field of nature restoration and the fight against nitrogen,” says a spokeswoman.
While the department says it will continue with the policy where possible, it depends “on the scope the House of Representatives gives us”. The House of Representatives will soon determine which topics the government can continue with and which topics will be ‘frozen’. Only when the new cabinet has been installed can he start working with those files.
Rutte cited nitrogen policy and the future for both farmers and nature as examples of “urgent, necessary issues that also require decisions.” “It is a pity that this postponement will now inevitably come,” added the outgoing prime minister.
Not popular
It remains to be seen whether Rutte will be given another mandate. Of the 72% of respondents to the EenVandaag Opinion Panel, Rutte should not return to a new cabinet, 22% think the prime minister’s return is acceptable. These are mainly VVD voters, reports EenVandaag. Two-thirds (65%) of VVD voters would like to keep the possibility of a Rutte V cabinet open.
Research shows that six out of ten people (62 per cent) think it’s a good thing the toilet has dropped on asylum. Most VVD (60%) and CDA (65%) voters support the resignation. ChristenUnie voters are divided. Half of them (52 per cent) think it is a good idea that the government has pulled the plug and are happy that their party has stuck to family reunification principles.
‘Bad thing’
On the other hand, 40 percent of CU voters think that’s a bad thing. They wished they had given the cabinet a chance in the national interest. 17,825 members of the EenVandaag opinion group took part in the representative survey. The poll took place on Friday evening and Saturday. Only 15% of respondents think the government has done a good job. The team of ministers closes with an unsatisfactory final vote, a 3.6.