Dutch coalition survives (for now) after chaos fueled by fuming Geert Wilders The Netherlands’ most right-wing government ever was rocked by the fallout from violent clashes between locals and Israeli football fans.

November 15, 2024 and   

(Politico) The Dutch government survived crisis talks Friday night triggered by football violence and the resignation of a minister over alleged racist remarks by other Cabinet members.

Though speculation swirled that the entire government would collapse, only Nora Achahbar — a state secretary in the finance ministry from the centrist New Social Contract (NSC) party — resigned from the Cabinet Friday night, according to multiple Dutch media reports.

The fragile right-wing coalition will retain enough seats to remain in power — at least for now — after the Cabinet teetered amid concern that other NSC ministers would follow Achahbar out the door, possibly jeopardizing the coalition’s numbers.

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