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4/6/21

The Netherlands: VVD continues to back PM Mark Rutte but coalition options are limited

A number of prominent VVD members have gone public with their support for beleaguered caretaker prime minister Mark Rutte, who is facing increasing isolation in The Hague after ‘forgetting’ he had suggested moving a critical MP to a ‘new role’.

Former ministers in Rutte-led governments, including Henk Kamp, Annemarie Jorritsma and Fred Teeven have all given their public backing to the prime minister, and there is no-one within the party who is publicly doubting his leadership, the NRC reported. After all, they point out the VVD won the election with 34 seats and ‘you do not dump a leader who made his party the biggest again’

Read more at: VVD continues to back Mark Rutte but coalition options are limited - DutchNews.nl

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