Overview

• Geert Wilders announced on X that his Party for Freedom (PVV) would leave the four-party coalition over stalled asylum reforms, triggering the collapse.
• The PVV’s departure strips Schoof’s government of 37 seats, reducing its count from 86 to 51 in the 150-member lower house.
• Coalition partners including VVD’s Dilan Yesilgöz and BBB’s Caroline van der Plas condemned Wilders’ decision as irresponsible and incomprehensible.
• With no majority in parliament, the cabinet must decide between calling early elections or attempting to govern as a minority.
• The political crisis unfolds just three weeks before NATO leaders meet in The Hague on June 24–25, raising concerns about the summit’s backdrop.