We can now officially speak of a outgoing cabinet. Schoof has just submitted the dismissal to the king.
Hermans: ‘Wilders does not in any way take responsibility’ VVD Vice-Prime Minister Sophie Hermans also gives a brief explanation to the press. She calls it “incomprehensible and irresponsible”. She also points out that Wilders could have submitted initiative laws. Yet he decided to pull the plug out of the cabinet. “Non-democratic, childish and in no way taking responsibility that you have, I think, and should take as the largest party.”
Coenradie wanted to stay in the cabinet, sees no future at PVV PVV State Secretary Ingrid Coenradie wanted to stay in the outgoing cabinet, although her party is no longer part of the coalition. The ministers of VVD, NSC and BBB did not agree with this. “Politics seems to be very difficult,” said Coenradie after an extra -saved Council of Ministers. She does not want to say how she sees her political future, but that is “not at the PVV”.
Coenradie regrets that the people at her ministry are now probably confronted with a change twice in a short time. “That stagnates enormously,” she fears. Just like Schoof, Coenradie called the running away from the PVV “irresponsible and unnecessary”.
The House of Representatives tomorrow in Debate about cabinet trap Timmermans has just received full support for a debate about the fall of the cabinet. That will take place tomorrow at 10.15 am. He also criticizes that the House did not get a statement from Schoof today, but that he did that to the press.
Keijzer, just like her fellow evice prime ministers, is excited and angry. “As a cabinet, we had a thick majority in the room to solve the problems in the Netherlands. The rug was pulled away without arguments.”
To the question of what her future at BBB looks like, Keijzer cannot give an answer yet. That is really too fast. First the dismissal of the cabinet must be offered and then a debate will take place in the Lower House tomorrow. “Then we will continue step by step.”
Keijzer continues as outgoing Minister of Housing. It is then up to the Chamber to decide which subjects are still being treated, but “to my taste the housing shortage in the Netherlands cannot wait another year.”
Keijzer speaks, just like other coalitionmates, strong words about Wilders’ decision. According to her, Wilders “put himself on one” and “pulled out the plug in incomprehensible way”. Apparently he had “certain emotions” that makes it no longer possible, says Keijzer, but “if you actually look at the argumentation, it makes no sense.” He has betrayed the Netherlands with his action, she thinks.
In the meantime, Prime Minister Dick Schoof has arrived at Koning at the Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague, the residential palace of King Willem-Alexander. Around 4 p.m. he arrived in a car at the main entrance. Schoof will offer the dismissal of the cabinet to the king on the palace. From that moment on, the cabinet is official outgoing.
Thirdly, the Vice Prime Minister on behalf of the BBB, residential minister Mona Keijzer is the floor. She calls the cabinet trap “a pity. It didn’t have to be that way.”
Van Hijum does not want to anticipate the future of NSC and his role in it. For example, he was asked if he would like to become the leader. “It is now step by step.”
The cabinet continues outgoing, but without the PVV-Smal part. That is what Van Hijum calls “completely logical”: if one of the parties cancels her trust, her people cannot stay in place.
Now Eddy van Hijum, Deputy Prime Minister on behalf of NSC, comes out. He says he is “extremely disappointed” in the PVV. But there have also been many bumps, the Minister of Social Affairs looks back.
All the while, Agema has seen that there was often “hassle on the line”. It was difficult to get things done, says the now outgoing Minister of Health. Especially in the field of asylum. “I think that’s a shame”.
She also says “with great sorrow” that she was unable to close the care agreement and cannot continue with her care plans. But her position as a minister is now “behind her”. She will first take a few weeks of vacation. Whether she will return as a MP for the PVV afterwards, she has not yet confirmed.
Deputy Prime Minister Fleur Agema now speaks on behalf of the PVV. The pulpit has been removed, so she is difficult to understand. She calls it “very unfortunate” that the minister team cannot continue. According to her, all those people are “of special class”.
Schoof stops quite abruptly with his indeed brief explanation: “I have to go to the king, see you soon.” Now the Deputy Prime Ministers will still give an explanation.
As far as sheaf sheaf, the outgoing cabinet will still work with the major problems in the country. But it is up to the Chamber to decide on which subjects the government may still make decisions and on which not. “We will take the decisions that are needed within the space that the room gives us for that.”
Schoof is now going to answer the questions from the press. As far as he is concerned, the fall of the cabinet “didn’t need” “. He does not blame anyone, but” regrets it “.” It is irresponsible and unnecessary. “
The cabinet continues outgoing until there are new elections, says Schoof. He will continue as a outgoing prime minister.
Without the PVV there is insufficient support in the Lower House for this cabinet, says Schoof. “If one of the parties lacks the will to continue, then you can’t continue.”
The cabinet has fallen, Schoof has just announced. He will officially offer the government’s resignation to the king.
There is sheaf. He will give a “short statement”, the announcement is on X.
NSC wants a trunk cabinet if it is up to NSC, the elections will be held in January or February next year, says party leader Nicolien van Vroonhoven. Until then, a missionary trunk cabinet has to work on “the big things” now. But the chance that NSC will get his way is small: various parties, including VVD and GroenLinks-PvdA, want elections as soon as possible.
Van Vroonhoven points to the Romp Cabinet of 2006, after the fall of the Balkenende II cabinet. When D66 stepped out of that cabinet, CDA and VVD continued together as a minority cabinet. The main task was to come up with a budget before the elections. Van Vroonhoven now sees such a minority cabinet.
Yesilgöz wants ‘elections in a message on X as quickly as possible’ Yesilgöz says he wants to want elections as quickly as possible. In the meantime, a possible outgoing cabinet must continue to be the policy in the field of migration and defense.
Timmermans applies for a debate about political situation Timmermans will request a debate this afternoon about the coalition break and possible cabinet. That is common in situations like this. The request will therefore be given a majority.
The question is when that debate will take place. In principle, that could already be tonight, but tomorrow or later in the week is also a possibility.
Madlener: ‘My loyalty of course lies with the PVV’ Minister Barry Madlener (Infrastructure and Water Management, PVV) understands very well that his party left the cabinet. “If the ten -point plan of Wilders is not embraced, then Gesture does not make sense,” says Madlener. With the list that Wilders came last week, something could finally be done about migration.
Madlener himself will step out of the cabinet, as Wilders demands the PVV ministers. “My loyalty is of course with the PVV,” says Madlener.
Heinen: ‘This was really unnecessary’ Minister Eelco Heinen (Finance, VVD) is disappointed and angry. “This was really unnecessary.” Heinen had hoped that Wilders would take responsibility. “And wouldn’t run away for the umpteenth time.” The VVD member refers to the failed negotiations in 2012, when the PVV was a tolerant partner of a cabinet with VVD and CDA. Wilders then unexpectedly pulled the plug from the collaboration, something that has been worn to him for years.
In the meantime, Heinen has to look for many extra billions for defense, because the so-called NATO standard is being increased. This will be announced later this month at the NATO summit in The Hague. “We’re going to talk about that,” says Heinen. “Walking away at such a moment and leaving the Netherlands in chunks is really irresponsible.”
PVV Minister Development Cooperation leaves PVV minister Reinette Klever (Development Cooperation) says that she will in any case leave. “I am in the cabinet on behalf of the PVV. The moment the PVV no longer supports this cabinet, it will stop.” Other ministers from the PVV smell part do not want to indicate whether they are leaving.
Veldkamp: ‘Walking away at such a moment, I find really outrageous’ Minister Caspar Veldkamp (Foreign Affairs, NSC) calls Wilders’ running away with the NATO summit approaching and war in Europe “irresponsible”. “There is war on the edges of Europe. Trump comes with trading rates. I find walking away at such a moment,” says Veldkamp.
Hermans: ‘Angry, pissed, disappointed’ climate minister Sophie Hermans, who is in the cabinet on behalf of VVD, is “angry, pissed, disappointed”. She wonders how Wilders can do this, “at such a moment, if you look at what’s going on in this country”. She points out that Wilders had a minister on the asylum file and 37 MPs who could have submitted initiative laws. “We are open to it, BBB and NSC too, to look at it.”
Wiersma says he will continue to work for farmers Minister Wiersma (BBB, Nitrogen) will look in the coming period what is happening in the field of nitrogen policy. “That depends on the space that the room grants me,” says Wiersma. She is referring to whether the House of Representatives declares its subjects controversially or not. If so, no new policy may be made. Until then, she says she will continue to commit herself to the farmers.
Wiersma does not have an easy period as a nitrogen minister. Attempts to remove the Netherlands from the nitrogen lock, so far, mainly wipe the table in the old policy without replacing anything new. The BBB minister often had to report that possible solutions are postponed.
PVV ministers also do not want to give an explanation either PVV minister Marjolein Faber (asylum) does not want to say whether she will stay prior to the Council of Ministers. To the press present, who asks her why she looks so cheerful, she says that “life has given her a lot”. Minister Fleur Agema (public health) also quickly passed the press. After the Council of Ministers, they will speak to the press.
Van Weel: Registering is something other than giving your opinion along the sidelines also Minister David van Weel (Justice and Security) has no good word for Wilders. “I am angry, disappointed and sad,” says the VVD member. “This was totally unnecessary. There was no disagreement at all.”
After all, all coalition parties want to do something about migration. “It seems like he (Wilders, ed.) Wanted because he didn’t want responsibility.” It is logical that something did not happen immediately about migration, says Van Weel. “Rule is different from giving your opinion along the sidelines. That takes time.”
Coenradie does not want to say whether she will continue PVV State Secretary Ingrid Coenradie does not yet want to say whether she wants to stay in the cabinet. Coenradie, who, among other things, has prisons in her portfolio, calls the coalition break “especially very sad”.
Coenradie is in the cabinet on behalf of the PVV, but was still with Liveable Rotterdam. In her case it is not entirely unlikely that she will not go with her party leader Wilders, since she was already in conflict with him about her policy.
Minister Keijzer: ‘Wilders puts himself on one’ Minister Mona Keijzer (public housing and spatial planning) finds it “very unfortunate” that the coalition has been folded, she says before she walks in. “Here was really a chance to do something about the housing shortage, asylum policy and the nitrogen crisis.” Wilders has “put himself in one instead of the Netherlands,” says Keijzer. She says that the PVV leader “betrays the Netherlands”.
Woonminister Keijzer draws his bill for the bill for rental freezing in Minister Mona Keijzer (Volkshuisvesting) withdraws her bill for the rent freezing. “Based on the advice of the Council of State (RVS), the political developments and to make peace and progress in public housing, I have decided not to submit the bill,” Keijzer writes to the Lower House on Tuesday.
New elections inevitably seem to be the chance of new elections is now quite high. Earlier in the day, VVD and NSC suggested that a restart was an option, but a minority cabinet has to look for sufficient support in the Lower House.
Frans Timmermans (GL-PvdA) has already excluded that he jumps into the hole of the PVV. Without its 25 seats, that search becomes difficult. Moreover, D66 leader Rob Jetten (nine seats) also said that he wants new elections as quickly as possible.
VVD wanted to investigate asylum measures with a motion Yesilgöz wanted to have Wilders’ asylum measures worked out by the cabinet with a motion. That should happen before the summer recess. Yesilgöz says that she put that plan on the table this morning during the consultation, but Van der Plas denies that again through her spokesperson.
The motion would probably have made little difference to Wilders: he said yesterday he wanted a signature from his coalition players and did not want to wait any longer.
Still unclear what day in the Lower House looks like the government’s ministers come together around 1 p.m. But what the day will look like for the MPs is not yet clear. The weekly question time, which would start at 2 p.m., has already been canceled from the agenda. Tonight the Chamber would debate about the cabinet’s climate plans, but that debate is now subject to change.
For tomorrow 10.15 am a statement from the Prime Minister has been put in the Chamber Agenda.
Wilders does not relieve ministers, but calls them back on our NUjij reaction platform, the comment that Geert Wilders cannot actually withdraw his ministers. That is what Wim Voermans, professor of Constitutional Law at Leiden University. According to him, ministers and state secretaries are responsible whether they are left in a outgoing cabinet. “Wilders is not authorized to dismiss them, only the king can do that.”
It is therefore not that Wilders fires the ministers. But he does demand from his ministers that they are withdrawing. If the PVV cabinet members listen to their party leader, they will certainly stop their function.
Voermans expects most PVV ministers to respond to Wilders’ call, such as Minister Fleur Agema (Public Health) and Minister Marjolein Faber (asylum and migration). “But what will State Secretary Ingrid Coenradie do? Or Minister Barry Madlener? He still has a big task. They make their own assessment.”
Ouwehand (PvdD) happy with ‘end to scapegoat policy’ Party for the animal leader Esther Ouwehand is happily responding to the coalition break. According to her, the “Cabinet-Wilders” should “never come”. “It was waiting for the fall. New hope for animals, people, nature and climate! End of scapegoat policy,” she writes on X. Ouwehand is also happy that the “BBB is away from the center of power”.
Van der Plas: “Of course I am angry” “On November 22, 2023, the Netherlands wanted a right-wing course,” says BBB leader Van der Plas. “After a long formation, we have signed for this with the four of us. That is all given away now. Not by us, because everything that Geert wanted was already possible. He has his own minister on asylum and migration.”
She doesn’t hide how she feels further. “Of course I’m angry.” According to Van der Plas, Wilders only puts himself on one, and not the Dutch. “Think of that next time, dear PVV voter.”
The Cabinet will meet this afternoon the ministers of the Schoof cabinet meet this afternoon for an emergency consultation in the Catshuis. The ministers and state secretaries will have to make a decision there: do they make a restart without the PVV ministers or do they all submit their resignation? There is a good chance that the entire cabinet will fall, because rule is very complicated without the support of the largest party in the Lower House.
Van Vroonhoven about Wilders: “How does he get it in his head?” According to Van Vroonhoven (NSC), Wilders asked for the signature of his coalitionmates under eight of his ten asylum points.
“We offered this morning to jointly make a motion where you have our signature, and we put it on the minister’s table,” says Van Vroonhoven. Only the PVV leader did not want to know anything about it. “That was all inaccessible.”
Van Vroonhoven will first catch up with the group and then the NSC ministers. “How does he get it in his head?”, Now mainly stays with Van Vroonhoven.
SGP believes that coalition ‘did not deliver’ The coalition did not deliver on important topics, says Chris Stoffer. With regard to the SGP leader, the signal from voters was clear a year and a half ago: “For stricter asylum policy, for residential and nitrogen space. None of these themes have managed to deliver PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB.”
The foreman of the conservative-Christian party calls it “irresponsible that the coalition has lost so much time”, while problems have to be solved. “While the major problems with migration and integration have not been solved. While people are worried about their housing costs every day. And while the perspective for farmers and fishermen is always staying out.”
Suppose the coalition parties do indeed pull the plug from the cabinet, then Prime Minister Dick Schoof becomes one of the shortest sitting prime ministers in recent parliamentary history. Schoof often indicated that a Cabinet-Schoof II was not his ambition.
Yesilgöz calls running away from Wilders ‘shameless’ VVD leader Yesilgöz cannot with her head that Wilders is calculated for the subject of asylum leaves the coalition. “That you walk away because you don’t dare. I don’t think you’re worth a voter’s mandate.”
PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB agree that there must be strict asylum measures. That is also stated in the Outline Agreement they have drawn up. What the parties have more difficulty with is, for example, the higher expenditure on Defense or the ‘shopping bonus’ by Wilders that may not come at all.
The suggestion that Wilders is therefore dropping the cabinet now, says Yesilgöz bizarre. “How weak would that be?” She calls the action of the PVV leader “shameless”.
ChristenUnie speaks of ‘reduction’ ChristenUnie leader Mirjam Bikker calls the events around PVV “a downfall”. Bikker writes on X that Wilders should have taken more responsibility.
The CU party leader wants a debate on Tuesday with Prime Minister Dick Schoof about how it will continue. She does not see new elections as the only option. “A trunk cabinet with new majorities can still represent our country. Not a panic, but steadfastness.”
SP: ‘The Netherlands is freed from political hostage -taking opposition parties are already responding to a possible cabinet trap. If the government does indeed pull the plug, then there will probably be new elections in November. That is why they already indicate what should happen to the country.
“The Netherlands is liberated from a political hostage”, SP leader Jimmy Dijk, for example, shares on X. “of right-wing breeding parties that do not manage anything. Besides cutbacks on care, education and the elderly. Insocial. The SP does put the future of our country on one. For our young people and a strong economy.”
Ten ministers on behalf of PVV in the PVV cabinet had ten ministers in the Schoof cabinet, including asylum minister Marjolein Faber, Minister of Health and Deputy Prime Minister Fleur Agema and State Secretary for Justice and Security Ingrid Coenradie. They will therefore withdraw from the cabinet. The question is whether the government will continue.
CDA’er Bontenbal: ‘irresponsible and reckless’ dripping into the first reactions from the opposition. CDA leader Henri Bontenbal calls it “irresponsible and reckless that in this time of international insecurity and uncertainty parties find self-interest more important than the future of the Netherlands”.
Volt leader Laurens Dassen sees the fall of the “Kibbelkabinet” as a chance of something new, he writes on the social medium Bluesky.
With a short statement Wilders, Wilders has come out of his room for a statement. “The PVV has promised to pursue the strictest asylum policy ever,” he says. For this he proposed plans and asked signatures from his coalitionmates. “I could do nothing but withdraw ourselves from the cabinet.” That means that the PVV ministers also step out of the cabinet.
The PVV leader did not give room for questions from journalists. He turned around after his statement and resolutely closed the door of the secure part of the House of Representatives.
How to proceed? The cabinet has not yet officially fallen. The coalition leaders are now considering what needs to be done. Later today the ministers themselves go into consultation. But without the support of PVV, with 37 seats the largest party, it will be very difficult for the cabinet. There is a good chance that the cabinet will fall.
VVD, NSC and BBB furiously decide Wilders from the explanation of the VVD, NSC and BBB appears to be mainly anger and disbelief about Wilders’ decision. “This is really incomprehensible,” says Van Vroonhoven. “He throws away the chance of a right -wing policy. This is super -independent,” says Yesilgöz. Similar words also come from Van der Plas, who speaks of a “reckless kamikaze action”.
The disappointed coalitionmates of Wilders are now talking to the press. Whether the government can make a restart is now being discussed. Wilders’ departure means that there is no longer a majority for the current cabinet.
Wilders steps out of coalition it was a short consultation: Wilders has already announced that the PVV is leaving the coalition.
Consultation started, unclear how long it will take all coalition leaders have now arrived and the consultation has started. It is unclear how long this will take. Yesterday the party leaders were finished after an hour.
VVD, NSC and BBB actually arrived today with the same message as yesterday: we are not going to draw, you will hand in plans through the usual way and then we look at it. Letting the cabinet fall on asylum would find them a shame.
Whether that will lead to the coalition coming out today, has to be seen.
Yesilgöz: ‘Prime Minister made us a profession this morning’ as far as VVD member Dilan Yesilgöz concerns, the parties were already out yesterday. It is Wilders who makes it complicated at the moment, she thinks. “You don’t go for something that we agree with each other (that measures must be taken in the field of asylum, ed.) Let it be blapped.” Wilders has already received the political commitment from his coalitionmates, although that is not the way he saw it.
According to Yesilgöz, Prime Minister Dick Schoof has appealed to the four leaders not to drop the coalition. He would have spoken all four separately and, according to Yesilgöz, emphasized that there is still a big task for his cabinet.
Van Vroonhoven does have ‘Klein Sprankje Hoop’ “We are going to sleep over it overnight,” it sounded yesterday. Upon arrival, NSC leader Nicolien van Vroonhoven says that she is curious “How Wilders slept last night”. She still has a small spark of hope, but it does not seem that she will sign for Wilders’ plans. “A signature in advance, it doesn’t work in a democracy.”
Van der Plas is ‘not optimistic’ BBB member Caroline van der Plas just arrives and tells the press present that she is “not optimistic”. “I also saw how Geert was with you yesterday.” She again emphasizes that Wilders should “talk to his own minister”. “It seems that he wants to pull the plug. I think that is reckless and irresponsible.”
Wilders has just arrived at the weekly coalition consultation.
Coalition is on silk thread Wilders has already indicated that with regard to the PVV it is ready if its coalitionmates do not agree to a majority of his asylum wishes. Yet yesterday he did not want to anticipate a possible cabinet trap. VVD, NSC and BBB mention it yesterday prior to the consultation in any case “unwise” to drop a cabinet on this subject. There are currently also many other major things in The Hague, where the NATO summit will be held in a few weeks.
Wilders has already succeeded: putting migration on the political agenda, the most important topic for his party.
The consultation starts at 9 a.m. in Wilders’ room. The coalition leaders normally come together every Tuesday morning. That weekly consultation is now going well.
Why has a crisis atmosphere now emerged? In the first instance, VVD, NSC and BBB responded casually to Wilders’ requirements. He had already threatened with a cabinet trap, but that did not happen. They indicated that they were willing to talk to Wilders, although they did not want to call it negotiations.
That conversation took place yesterday and definitely did not go to Wilders’ meaning. VVD, NSC and BBB came out quite unanimously after an hour: if Wilders wants extra measures, then he must work them out and submit them himself. Wilders preferred to immediately want a signature of his coalitionmates, but according to the PVV, it does not look like that will happen. “Then we have a serious problem. It doesn’t look good.”
What does Wilders want? A short retrospective on last week, because more than a week ago Geert Wilders presented his plan, which means that the coalition is now under strong pressure. With a so -called ten -point plan, Wilders demanded more measures in the field of asylum, although ‘his party’ with Minister Marjolein Faber (asylum and migration) himself has the reins. Yet it is not going fast enough, so Wilders wants to take extra measures quickly with the help of his coalitionmates.
For example, it is about closing the borders, a temporary stop on family reunification and sending away people with a residence permit from AZCs. Part of those measures is legally shaky.
We can now officially speak of a outgoing cabinet. Shove Has Just submitted the resignation to the king.
Hermans: ‘Wilders Takes No Responsibility in Any Way’ VVD Deputy Prime Minister Sophie Hermans also Gives a Letter Explanation to the Press. She calls it “Incomprehensible and irresponsible”. She also points out that Wilders Could have submitted private members’ Bills. Yet he decided to pull the plug on the cabinet. “Undemocratic, childish and in no way, the responsibility that you have, I think, and should take as the largest party.”
Coenradie Wanted to Remain in Cabinet, Sees No Future with PVV PVV State Secretary Ingrid Coenradie would have Liked to Stay On In The Disonanceary Cabinet, Although Her Party is No Longer Part of the Coalition. The Ministers of VVD, NSC and BBB Did Not Agree With This. “Political, that seems to be very difficult,” Coenradie Said After An Extra Cabinet Meeting. She does not yet because to say how she sees her political future, but it is “in any case not with the pvv”.
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