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Dutch government holds weekend crisis talks to stave off collapse

Prime Minister Rob Jetten has struggled to rein in political infighting within his minority coalition, a crisis that culminated when disagreements arose over a so-called "millionaire's tax" proposed by left-wing opposition parties.

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00:00Can you do anything else?
00:01Dutch Prime Minister Robietten held further talks with his coalition partners over the weekend
00:07in an effort to prevent his government from collapsing over a tax policy dispute.
00:12The talks follow an hours-long meeting on Friday, which ended without an agreement.
00:17There have been good things in the last period, but there are also things that don't go well.
00:22And that has an effect on the underlying relationships.
00:25That can and must be better.
00:28And that asks fundamental conversations where we have started today.
00:32And this conversation is not yet finished.
00:34And that's why I'm going to talk with the three coalition parties in the next few days.
00:40The disagreement centres on a proposed so-called millionaire's tax.
00:45Tensions escalated after Parliament approved the bill with Jettin's centrist D66 party
00:51and the centre-right Christian Democrats joining forces with two centre-left opposition parties.
00:57However, the Conservative VVD party voted against the measure
01:01and threatened to leave the coalition if it went ahead.

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