Dutch government collapses

The crisis was triggered by a push by Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative VVD party to limit the flow of asylum seekers to the Netherlands, which two of ...

Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his cabinet resigned after the coalition failed to agree on how to restrict migration amid a surge in asylum applications.

By Christian Edwards, Mick Krever, Hira Humayun and Chris Lau, CNN. (CNN) — The Dutch government has collapsed after failing to reach an agreement on ...

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his party pushed for limiting the number of war refugees entering the Netherlands, but weren't able to get their ...

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited the king Saturday to turn in the resignation of his four-party coalition and set the deeply divided Netherlands on ...

CNN — The Dutch government collapsed on Friday after failing to reach a deal on restricting immigration, which will trigger new elections in the fall.

On Friday, one of Europe's longest-serving leaders, Prime Minister Mark Rutte, announced to reporters that he would submit his resignation to the king while ...

The Dutch government has collapsed after failing to reach an agreement on curbing immigration. Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Friday that his government ...

On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Rutte—who has helmed the Netherlands since 2010—said disagreements over his party's proposed immigration restrictions had “become ...

PM Mark Rutte's conservative VVD party had been trying to limit the flow of asylum seekers.

The resignation of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the longest-serving premier of the nation, means the country will face a general election later this year.