Last minute: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigns. Tim Kuijsten, spokesperson of the Freedom and Democracy Party (VVD), approved the resignation, saying, “The four parties have decided that they cannot agree on immigration. That’s why they decided to end this government,” he said.
Rutte had sought support from her party for a proposal to limit the entry of refugee children to the Netherlands and allow families to wait at least two years before they could be reunited. (AA-UAV)