123
submitted 1 year ago by sabbah@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] quasi_moto@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

What does this mean practically? Do the Netherlands not have a government until they hold a new election?

[-] sirdavidxvi@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

The "collapse" of the government in a parliamentary system means the government no longer commands the confidence of a majority of the (typically) lower house, in this case the House of Representatives. Nothing immediate happens, although the prime minister may (or may not) resign, a "caretaker" government takes over until a new elections are held.

Here, it sounds like one of the four coalition parties has pulled out due to disagreeemnt over immigration, which the coalition parties had never agreed on.

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, but that's pretty common for them, they spent 2021 without a government because of this same guy: https://www.dw.com/en/netherlands-dutch-parties-to-form-government-9-months-after-vote/a-60109396

He did it in 2017 too.

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Dutch McConnell.

[-] Lunyan@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Can confirm, am dutch. I'm not even surprised anymore whenever this happens. Our government is a mess.

[-] EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A demissionary cabinet does not equal "no government" at all.

this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
123 points (95.6% liked)

World News

38968 readers
2330 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS