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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 move on?
00:01Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten 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.
00:17In the last period there are good things, but there are also things that are not good.
00:22And that has effect on the underlying relationships.
00:26That 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 will continue to talk with the three coalition parties.
00:40The disagreement centres on a proposed so-called millionaire's tax.
00:44Tensions escalated when the tax bill was passed by parliament after Jetten's centrist D66 party
00:50and the centre-right Christian Democrats joined forces with two centre-left opposition parties.
00:57However, one of the other coalition parties, the Conservative VVD, had voiced opposition to the measure
01:03and voted against the budget plan as a whole.
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