Dutch prime minister concedes his coalition needs ‘serious fresh start’ after anger at tax deal
Jetten said the coalition needs a fresh start after the tax deal passed by 76 votes to 74 and angered the VVD.
- Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten called a crisis meeting Friday with his two coalition partners to save his minority government after deep divisions emerged over wealth tax amendments Thursday.
- The three-party coalition, in power less than nine months, fractured Thursday when D66 and Christian Democrats backed opposition tax amendments that the right-wing VVD vehemently opposed.
- VVD leader Ruben Brekelmans called the vote "disillusioning" and "disconcerting," while PRO leader Jesse Klaver dubbed the tax deal a "millionaire's tax" that threatened business interests in the Netherlands.
- Jetten said he would do all he could to hold the coalition together and would seek "a new start" in Friday's meeting with his coalition partners.
- A government collapse could trigger new elections, marking the fourth in five years, though the left-wing Pro party ruled out forming another minority government Thursday.
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Social They’ve reached an agreement. The VVD remains in the cabinet. There must be all sorts of very complicated substantive reasons regarding the national interest for this, which can be summarized in this poll in which the minority coalition becomes an even smaller minority in its own country. Rob Jetten, Prime Minister of a cabinet that advised against the now-infamous amendment but saw both his own D66 and Henri 'Casino' Bontenbal's CDA vote…
The Netherlands is in danger of entering a crisis of government after the ok to the proposal to increase the levy on financial profits over 60 thousand thanks to the vote of the oppositions and despite the vote against the Liberal party VVD.That now warns: so the capital attracted by tax relief goes away ...
After a full day of debate on Thursday, the tax bill agreement was approved by an extremely narrow parliamentary majority. The VVD ultimately voted against its own government's tax plan, causing the coalition's foundations to collapse. The post Netherlands: Rob Yetten's minority government on the brink of collapse appeared first on in.gr.
Arriving in power less than a year ago, the youngest head of government in the history of the Netherlands is already facing a major political crisis that could upset the country's political life. ...
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NettavisenDutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten will hold an emergency meeting with the government parties on Friday in an attempt to avoid the government falling in connection with a small increase in wealth tax.
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