Friday, January 15, 2021

Dutch Government Collapses Over Child Welfare Fraud Scandal

 


Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the government would continue to lead the country's COVID-19 response team until elections already scheduled for March. 

Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government stepped down on Friday after it emerged that officials had wrongly pursued thousands of people over welfare fraud. 

Rutte called a Cabinet meeting in The Hague where ministers had to make up their minds on quitting just two months before a planned general election. 

Following the meeting, Rutte informed King Willem-Alexander of the government's resignation. 


WNU Editor: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is positioned to win re-election. 

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