Europe
Dutch government falls abruptly over a failure to agree migration policy
Collapse of Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s mean’s Holland heads for second general election in two years
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government collapsed over a migration policy dispute, setting up the Netherlands for its second general election in little more than two years.
Rutte, who has led the Dutch government since 2010, failed to marshal an agreement on Friday within his four-party governing coalition to limit an influx of asylum seekers. Rutte’s VVD party has been putting pressure on their leader to limit the number of arrivals, while the progressive D66 ...
