Struggle and stumbling, the outgoing cabinet, or what is left of it, makes its way to the finish line. With the departure of the NSC Ministers, Another Stone Has Been Removed from the Already Rickety Structure. But Nothing Changes for the Israel Policy.
In Healthy Condition, Ie with All Coalition Parties PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB on Board, This Cabinet was Already Shaky. It hopped from crisis to crisis. Party Leaders Could Not Stand Each Other and Made That Public.
Successively, NSC Leader Pieter Omtzigt Resigned, The PVV CAUSED THE CABINET TO COLLAPSE, AND NOW, Following Outgoing Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp, The Other Nsc Ministers are also Leaving.
This last step certainly has consequences. Firstly, because the budget negotiations for the coming year had started Already. The Outgoing Minister of Social Affairs, Until Today NSC Member Eddy van Hijum, Plays an Important Role in this.
And who can outgoing finance minister Eelco Heinen Turn to for Support for the Budget Plans? He did not intend to negotiate deep into the night with the coalition partners again, as he did the spring memorandum. But where he should secure a majority is unclear.
It Further Unbalances The Already Shaky Government Base. After the fall of the cabinet in June, Parliament did not declare any noteworthy subjects controversial. This means that things have to continuous ‘normally’.
In the Coming Two Months Until the Elections, There Are Still Enough Parliamentary Days on the Agenda. After October 29, The Formation Talks and Negotiations Will begin. That can Easily Take Months.
How to process now, no one really knows. “This Constitutional Situation is Unique,” Said GroenLinks-Pvda Leader Frans Timmermans. “I have not seen this before.” Therefore, The New Situation Will Be Further Debated Early Next Week.
Some MPS Could Not Resist Giving Some Digs. “It is astouning how NSC is retreating and leaving the country’s administration in a Mess,” Said VVD MP Eric van der Burg.
Amid This VVD Campaign Rhetoric, You Could Almost Forget What the Crisis is about: The Great Suffering in Gaza and what the Netherlands can do about it.
“There is official famine in Gaza As of Today. 80 percent of the Victims Are Civilians,” Said Sp mp Sarah Dobbe. She was only Summariazing Friday’s News. Yet in Her Eyes, The Cabinet is Doing Nothing About It. “People are dying now.”
The Cabinet, which now consists only of vvd and bbb, does not want to impose extra national sanctions on Israel. VVD Member Ruben Brekelmans, Outgoing Minister of Defense, Replaced Veldkamp. On Friday Evening and Night, Hey Imediately Faced Critical and Fierce Opposition.
Because the Gaza Debate from Thursday still had to be concluded. More and More Parties Cannot Live With The Absence of Extra Sanctions Against Israel Now That That Country Has Recently Approved Plans To Build Illegal Settlements Near East Jerusalem.
At the end of July, Veldkamp Came Up With a Travel Ban Against the Extremist Israeli Ministers Bewallel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir. But the cabinet did not want to go any further. Veldkamp Felt “Resistance in Successive Cabinet Meetings” After He had introduced this Measure, He Said on Friday in An Explanation of his Departure.
The D66 Proposal to Boycott Products from Existing Illegal Israeli Settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory in The Netherlands was Negotiable for NSC. This Brought a Majority Almost Within Reach.
But Brekelmans First Wants To See If Such A Boycott is Possible at European Level. That is much more effective in His Opinion. This brought the circle full. Because the Gaza Debate Two week ago, This Difference was Already There.
Just after midnight, The Chamber Finally Voted on the Motions. The Proposal for a Boycott was Two Votes Short of a Majority.