Dutch opposition parties have called a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Mark Rutte for Monday, putting the premier’s job on the line after he pulled the plug on his coalition amid infighting over migration policy.
The opposition will submit the motion during a parliamentary debate on cabinet’s collapse, Green Left Party Chairman Jesse Klaver announced via Twitter late Sunday.
“Rutte deliberately let the cabinet collapse. He acted not out of long-term interest, but out of his own political interest,” Klaver said. That is why the Green Left and Labor parties “are submitting a motion of no confidence against Rutte tomorrow,” he said, adding that the opposition’s goal is to appoint a technocrat as caretaker until a snap election can be held.
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The motion will only pass if the opposition receives support from at least one of the four parties that had formed Rutte’s coalition.
There is no guarantee that all coalition parties will back Rutte after he brought down his own government by cornering coalition partners over a deal to limit the inflow of migrants. The parties were close to a deal at the start of the week until Rutte abruptly insisted on imposing limits on the right for refugees from war zones to join family members in the Netherlands, people familiar with the matter said.
Even if Rutte is ousted on Monday, he could still return as prime minister if his party can claim victory in the a general elections, which will be held in November at the earliest.
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Lawmakers were called back from their summer recess to attend the debate in The Hague which is due to begin at 10:15 a.m. local time.
