The Dutch government resigns
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said after the cabinet meeting: “The political support for the coalition has disappeared. This is very sad. This is a political reality that we cannot ignore. The differences are insurmountable,” he said.
Emphasizing that he does not feel guilty and declaring his resignation, Rutte said that their first duty is to go to the elections and they will do whatever is necessary for the national interests.
According to BBC Turkish news, early elections are expected to be held in the Netherlands in November.
Until the new government is formed, Rutte’s fourth cabinet will remain in office temporarily.
HE SAID HE WILL OFFER A “ROUND ASYLUM PLAN”
Rutte had promised his party that within a week he would present a new asylum plan with drastic measures.
The four parties that make up the coalition have been discussing the plan since Wednesday. The government partners, who met for the third time on Friday, again failed to agree.
In particular, there was no consensus on the issue of the return of refugees from the war zone and the limitation of family reunification of these people.
The government’s junior partner, the Christian Union Party (CU), assessed the proposal that refugees from war zones wait 2 years for family reunification and limit family reunification to 200 people per month as “bullying”.
The government’s liberal partner, the Democrats 66 Party (D66), also opposed this article supporting CU.
THE PARTY OF THE CHRISTIAN UNION (CU) DID NOT TAKE A STEP BACK, THE GOVERNMENT FALLS
According to the Dutch media, the deeply religious CU, which “identifies the family issue as a red line”, did not back down from its stance and led to the fall of the 4th Rutte government.
The stance of Prime Minister Rutte, who set a deadline on Wednesday and pushed for a cabinet vote on the plan, angered coalition partners, according to sources in The Hague.
Although Rutte apologized for his position, according to his partners, trust was damaged too much and the fall of the government became inevitable.
Opposition parties hailed the fall of the government and called for immediate early elections.
THE PREVIOUS COALITION GOVERNMENT ALSO RESIGNS
The Rutte-led third coalition government resigned after it was revealed that tax authorities discriminated against people with an immigrant background in relation to childcare allowance.
After the coalition parties won the elections in March 2021, the fourth Rutte government was formed with the participation of four same parties.