A turbulent day in Hague politics is over. Mark Rutte will disappear from politics as soon as the new cabinet is in place. It had long seemed that he would be rejected today by the Chamber as outgoing Prime Minister, but his decision has taken the debate in a different direction.
“When I went this morning I thought: It’s going to be a very long day,” says political journalist Leendert Beekman. ‘But then Rutte suddenly announced that he was no longer available to the VVD as party leader. And that changed everything, because there was already a motion ready to send Rutte home. Coalition parties ChristenUnie and D66 have considered supporting the motion.’
Because of that threat, according to Beekman, there was no escape for Rutte. It was the last thing he could really do. There was no other way, no other way out of here. Because there was a motion ready and then he would have been sent home as prime minister anyway. So, in hindsight, it makes sense that it happened.’
Separation
As a result, today’s debate has largely been dominated by Rutte’s farewell to Dutch politics. Almost all group chairmen look back to the politician Rutte: many group chairmen rarely agree with him, but may have a lot of respect for Rutte as a person.
However, the downfall of the cabinet did not go unnoticed. Rutte was asked by D66 party chairman Jan Paternotte why the cabinet fell for asylum? “Rutte’s response was that the package as it stood, with no restrictions on family reunification, was not meaningful enough to the VVD,” Beekman said.
Unsatisfactory
Beekman isn’t entirely comfortable with the fact that it had to end on this very point. “But it’s a little unsatisfying. We recently had debates on important topics: the gas extraction in Groningen and the parliamentary inquiry. There was a vote of no confidence and we talked about nitrogen».
Beekman is not yet clear why the cabinet then falls on the restriction on family reunification. “That provision affects five thousand people. Why did we collapse one toilet out of five thousand people, if we still have so many important problems for which there is still no solution? I have to honestly say that I still don’t have an answer to this question.’
that bond to family reunification that exists. It should have been, it’s about 500 people. Was it really 505,000 excuses 5,000 people? Why do we have one toilet out of 5000 people Let’s applaud If we still have so many important problems for which there is still no solution? Yes, I have to honestly say that question is really not the answer for me either. Came today
Source: BNR
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