Live Val Cabinet | Dismissal granted to PVV ministers, successors known

Hello and Welcome to this live blog! Here the political editors will keep you informed of the developments surrounding the fall of the cabinet.

After the center of power, for Wilders again the sidelines in a short time, the Dutch political landscape was shaken considerably when the PVV won the elections with force majeure in November 2023. More than a year and a half later, new elections are already planned and The Hague is still not completely recovered from the shocks. Read the analysis of our reporter Edo van der Goot here .

Temporary replacement Agema Known It is now also clear who takes over the post from Minister Agema and State Secretary Maeijer (both public health). Those tasks are temporarily on the board of NSC minister Eddy van Hijum (Social Affairs and Employment). That reports outgoing Prime Minister in a letter to the House of Representatives.

The cabinet has officially fallen today, but what will look like in the coming period? When are the elections? We explain that in this article.

Provisional replacements PVV-Smal part largely known from most PVV ministers is known who is the replacement until a definitive successor has been found. Minister Dirk Beljaarts (Economic Affairs) is being replaced by Minister Eelco Heinen (Finance, VVD). Minister Sophie Hermans (Climate and Green Growth, VVD) temporarily observes for Minister Barry Madlener and State Secretary Chris Jansen (both infrastructure and water management).

Minister David van Weel (Justice and Security, VVD) is currently taking over the tasks from Marjolein Faber (asylum) and State Secretary Ingrid Coenradie (Justice and Security). Judith Uitermark (Home Affairs, NSC) replaces her State Secretary Zolt Szabó. Caspar Veldkamp (Foreign Affairs) replaces Reinette Klever (development aid).

It is still unclear who the provisional replacement of Minister Fleur Agema and State Secretary Vicky Maeijer (both public health). According to insiders, the coalition parties will probably make a final decision later this week on how the replacement for the elections is arranged.

Koning Kort State Visiting at the Czech Republic in King Willem-Alexander briefly in his coming state visit to the Czech Republic because of the fall of the cabinet. He will return a day earlier. The king and queen are flying to Prague tonight. Willem-Alexander returns to the Netherlands tomorrow after the first day program. Máxima will be present on the second day of the program.

The king does this because it is common for him to speak with his regular advisers after a cabinet trap: the vice president of the Council of State and the chairmen of the Upper and Lower House. Because of his resignation, Minister Dirk Beljaarts of Economic Affairs (PVV) is not part of the official delegation.

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Several (now outgoing) ministers and state secretaries have given another response to the cabinet trap. The same goes for outgoing agricultural minister Femke Wiersma, who indicates “to continue until the last moment that I can bear this office”.

Talk shows in sign of cabinet trap For those who want to know more about the cabinet trap tonight: in the talk shows they will also be fully discussed. This is how Eva and today inside come with an extra broadcast. At EVA , outgoing Minister of Finance Eelco Heinen, departing State Secretary for Justice and Security Ingrid Coenradie and GL-PVDA leader Frans Timmermans are sitting at the table.

Soon Dilan Yesilgöz (VVD) and Caroline van der Plas (BBB) will join news of the day . Later in the evening Yesilgöz goes to Good evening Netherlands , where Nicolien van Vroonhoven (NSC) and Henk Vermeer (BBB) will also be.

Faber: ‘I was the policy’ swallowing asylum minister Marjolein Faber was short of dust after her last Council of Ministers. She repeated the position of her party PVV that the coalition parties VVD, NSC and BBB should have signed for the ten -point plan on migration.

Faber was known for avoiding critical questions from journalists with straightforward answers, which she often continued to repeat. For example, she answered to the question of a journalist whether it was just an idea to post return signs, or also policy: “I am policy”. At her farewell she referred to this much quotation cited. “I put a line under it, I was policy.”

Cabinet officially outsource has just been sent the mail in which the government’s dismissal was announced. The cabinet is now official outgoing. The Government Information Service also states in the mail that the King has dismissed all PVV ministers in the “most honorable way”. Their duties are temporarily taken over by other ministers, until a definitive temporary replacement has been found.

Brekelmans expects the Support room for deployment at NATO-top The outgoing cabinet is still planning to take a position on Dutch deployment prior to the NATO summit. “I assume that there is sufficient support in the Lower House,” says Minister Ruben Brekelmans (Defense, VVD).

During the top, a new NATO standard for expenditure on Defense is discussed. It is now on 2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), but will have to go up considerably.

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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 the PVV action “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 and, I think, 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. “Politically, that seems to be very difficult,” says Coenradie after an additional inserted 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 calls 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 criticizes that the room did not get a statement from Schoof today, but the press did.

So far the explanations of the Deputy Prime Ministers. The Deputy Prime Minister on behalf of the VVD, Sophie Hermans, is currently in the room at the votes.

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 up to the Chamber to decide which subjects are still being dealt with, but according to Keijzer “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” so it no longer went, says Keijzer. “But if you actually look at the argumentation, then it makes no sense.” He has betrayed the Netherlands with his action, she thinks.

Schoof arrived at Koning Meanwhile, Prime Minister Dick Schoof has arrived at 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.

The red carpet had been out for some time at the palace.

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.”

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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.

The wait is now for Prime Minister Dick Schoof’s statement. He is expected to come out around 3.30 pm. A pulpit has now also been set for the Catshuis.

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.

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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 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.

All cabinet members have now been received and the meeting has started.

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.

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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.

Asylum minister Marjolein Faber arrives at the Catshuis.

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”.

The parliamentary press is waiting at the Catshuis, where the extra inserted Council of Ministers will start. The ministers will soon pass by and hopefully want to tell something about what else will happen with the cabinet.

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. Read more here .

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.