What does this mean practically? Do the Netherlands not have a government until they hold a new election?
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.
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.
Dutch McConnell.
Can confirm, am dutch. I'm not even surprised anymore whenever this happens. Our government is a mess.
A demissionary cabinet does not equal "no government" at all.
Mark Rutte has been our prime minister for 13 years and I hate him with every fibre of my body. I really hope we will finally get someone new (better) in charge.
Be careful what you wish for, we might get Caroline or Thierry…
Oof~ yeah that would be worse... I would genuinely be scared of the future here if that were to happen
Rutte always gets all the blame, but lots of people forget all the other parties that are part of the coalition. They're equally responsible for the mess that has been created during the Rutte cabinets.
Oh yeah definitely. In a way Rutte is just a symbol of what I hate about our government, but he's only a part of it of course
Who would want to be in a government with Rutte…
What? The Dutch government collapsed?
Reportedly? You couldn't find confirmation of this?
They gave a link.
And still they had to hedge themselves in their title by saying 'reportedly'
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