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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the resignation of his coalition government on Friday evening July 7. The issue of welcoming refugees triggered the crisis, which will lead to new elections.
Almost 13 years as Prime Minister, the longest term in Dutch history. Mark’s resignation Rutte, Friday July 7 in the evening, is an upheaval for the country. The coalition that had brought it to power broke apart in the knowledgestream of migration policy. “Tonight we came to the conclusion that the differences were insurmountable”, specified the Prime Minister.
New elections no earlier than mid-November
Mark Ruttea figure of the liberal right, had proposed in recent days a series of controversial measures to harden thereception of asylum seekers, such as quotas on the number of children authorized to join their parents. The center and center-left parties, members of the coalition, refused. The migration crisis has become a political crisis. Dozens of NOTdutch gathered in front of the center of national power in The Hague (Netherlands). New elections will be organized no earlier than mid-November.