Willem-Alexander is cutting short his state visit to the Czech Republic after the Dutch Cabinet collapsed abruptly on Friday. Only the schedule for the first day will be fulfilled, and the King is expected to be back on Wednesday, according to an announcement by the government press office. Queen Máxima will stay for a second day. Geert Wilders removed his PVV party's backing from the coalition, causing the Cabinet to fall and the political crisis to erupt.
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Prime Minister Dick Schoof presented the Cabinet's resignation at Huis ten Bosch palace at about 4 p.m. Tuesday.
The short-lived Cabinet lasted 336 days and was disbanded soon after the resignation. The King will now meet with his permanent advisors, the Vice-President of the Council of State and the Presidents of the two chambers of Parliament.
Cabinet of caretakers and interim successors
The ministers of the continuing coalition parties VVD, NSC and BBB, will temporarily take over the tasks of the ministers of the PVV in the Cabinet.
The PVV has lost a former Economic Affairs Minister: Dirk Beljaarts is no longer a member of the Czech delegation, because he has stepped down at the request of Geert Wilders. Eelco Heinen, VVD's Finance Minister, will be standing in for Beljaarts.
Deputy Prime Minister from VVD, Sophie Hermans, will take over responsibility for infrastructure and water management, which had been at the hands of Barry Madlener and Chris Jansen.
Hermans will already take care of the climate and green growth portfolio. Minister David van Weel will fill the role of Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber and State Secretary Ingrid Coenradie temporarily. Coenradie is going to leave the PVV, with the intention to remain in the Cabinet.
NSC member Judith Uitermark will succeed State Secretary Zsolt Szabó, and MFA Minister Caspar Veldkamp will be taking over from Reinet.
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