00:00Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has resigned from his position just hours after far-right
00:06politician Geert Wilders announced his party for freedom would pull out of the ruling government
00:12coalition.
00:15Schoof is expected to submit the cabinet's resignation to King Willem Alexander by the
00:20end of the day on Tuesday, but says the coalition will remain as a caretaker government up until
00:26the new election.
00:41It comes after a turbulent day in Dutch politics, with Wilders declaring his withdrawal from government
00:47following the coalition's refusal to accept his immigration policy.
00:52Wilders' 10-point plan, which he presented last Monday, called for a complete halt to
00:59asylum, a temporary stop to family reunions for asylum seekers with refugee status and
01:06the return of all Syrians who have applied for asylum or are in the Netherlands on temporary
01:11visas.
01:13The Dutch government is now teetering on the brink of collapse, paving the way for snap
01:18elections in the Western European nation.
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