The deputy prime minister, Fleur Agema of the PVV, told reporters that she would resign due to the fall of the Cabinet, said it was "a great shame." She thanked her cross-party colleagues but blamed the failure in particular to make progress on asylum policy — an area for which her own party's Minister, Marjolein Faber, was responsible and who also announced her departure. Agema did not indicate whether she would return to the Tweede Kamer, releasing a statement that she is going to take time for herself.

Ministers Express Disappointment and Frustration
Justice State Secretary Ingrid Coenradie says she will not only leave the PVV, but resign from the Cabinet too. Faber, the Asylum and Migration Minister, added she will depart "with her head up high."

NSC Deputy Prime Minister Eddy van Hijum, a Social Affairs Minister, expressed profound disappointment.

I'm just really disappointed that we can't carry on." And one of those parties is now walking away, which is very unfortunate," he said. Still, while he stood by the NSC's decision to join the coalition, Pooten said they had started to raise significant issues such as labor migration.

Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Mona Keijzer of the BBB also had strong words for Wilders. The majority in the Cabinet was there to solve problems of the country, but Wilders walked away without good reasons. "I believe h.