Overview

• Far-right leader Geert Wilders announced PVV’s withdrawal on June 3 after coalition partners rejected his 10-point plan to tighten asylum rules.
• Prime Minister Dick Schoof handed in his cabinet’s resignation to King Willem-Alexander and established a caretaker government.
• Snap elections are expected in October, though no official date has been set, as remaining ministers continue to operate in a caretaker capacity.
• Coalition partners from the VVD, NSC and BBB accused Wilders of putting personal ambition above national unity and security.
• The Netherlands will host a NATO summit in The Hague in three weeks with only a caretaker cabinet to oversee preparations.