Outgoing Prime Minister Dick Schoof thinks it is ‘irresponsible’ of the NSC ministers that they have stepped out of the cabinet already fallen. That shoved to the parliamentary press on Friday evening. “This is a worthless day, nobody gets along with this.”
A brief explanation shoved in the room. He said that “further deliberation about the political situation that has arisen is necessary.” This weekend the Prime Minister wants to discuss ‘how to proceed’ with the remaining cabinet members, VVD people and BBB people. The room hopes to inform the room after the weekend.
After the ministerial team had gathered almost all day about taking measures against Israel because of the devastating Israeli war in Gaza, NSC-Buitenlandminister Caspar Veldkamp boarded. He felt insufficient room to take the steps he deems necessary. An hour later it became clear that the other four ministers and four state secretaries from the party founded by Pieter Omtzigt also left.
“Regrets” their departure, he read in the room. “Certainly in the light of the responsibilities that the government has in this outgoing phase.” Various room fractions wanted Schoof to remain for the debate about Gaza and any measures that continued on Friday evening with the replacement for Veldkamp, Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans (VVD).
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‘Hope and expectation’
Afterwards, Journalists said afterwards that he “all day long and expectations he [had] that we would come out together “.” But that [verwachting] Tilted gradually. We really tried it with all three. Apparently that was not enough for one party. “
It is unclear which measures it got in concrete terms. It is clear, however, that NSC wants to take more measures against Israel than VVD and BBB. Shove had “the feeling that we were almost out of it.”
Initially Schoof would go to Ukraine this weekend for a meeting with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zensky. He has canceled that trip because of the cabinet crisis. This Monday or Tuesday, the House of Representatives will debate about the departure of the NSC ministers.
With the cooperation of Lamyae Aharouay.