NSC Walkout Deepens Political Turmoil in Netherlands

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Cabinet crisis: With the departure of NSC from the caretaker cabinet, nine positions are suddenly vacant. The VVD and BBB are looking for replacements within their own...

Frankfurter Allgemeine

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After the resignation of another partner, only two of the original four governing parties are left. A fuselage cabinet remains – which has only 31 out of 150 seats in the Second Chamber.

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One of the first questions opposition leader Frans Timmermans received from a journalist on Friday evening after the NSC left the cabinet was: "What happens next with Gaza?"

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The King will speak with Schoof, the Speakers of the House of Representatives, and the Vice-President of the Council of State about the "complex situation" that arose on Friday following the resignation of the NSC from the caretaker cabinet.

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The resignation of the ministers and state secretaries of the NSC has shaken up the political landscape considerably in a short time. On Friday evening, Minister of Foreign Affairs Caspar Veldkamp was the first to announce his departure. His fellow party members in the cabinet followed shortly after. The latest poll by Maurice de Hond therefore reveals some shifts.