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Bloomberg
3 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Dutch Government Falls After Far Right Quit Coalition
Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said he would offer his resignation while continuing in a caretaker government, setting the stage for a likely snap election. It comes after far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders pulled his Freedom Party out of the coalition. Wilders left over the refusal of his three coalition partners to agree to his plans to curb migration, which included closing the border to asylum seekers, temporarily halting family reunification and returning asylum seekers to Syria. Migration has become a leading issue for Dutch voters, fueled by one of Europe's worst housing crises and rising costs of living.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Wilders threatens to leave Dutch government if no halt to asylum
Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders has reiterated his threat to break up the governing coalition in The Hague if his demands for a relentlessly tough stance on asylum seekers are not met. Millions of Dutch people, he said, expected the implementation of a corresponding 10-point plan from his Party for Freedom (PVV), Wilders wrote on X on Sunday. The PVV leader added: "Let me be very clear: If the majority of our proposals from the 10-point asylum plan are not adopted (and thus added to the coalition agreement) and the government does not implement them as quickly as possible, the PVV will exit this coalition." Wilders issued the threat shortly before consultations by the four-party coalition on the PVV's demands, which, according to the ANP news agency, were scheduled for Monday evening. The PVV, the strongest force in parliament since the recent election, is demanding the closure of borders to all asylum seekers. If necessary, the army should be deployed to control the borders, Wilders had stated during the presentation of the plan a week ago. He also demanded that tens of thousands of Syrian refugees should be sent back to their homeland, and asylum centres should be closed. Additionally, Wilders is calling for an end to family reunification for recognized refugees and the expulsion of criminal individuals with dual nationality, with their Dutch nationality then being revoked.
