The Dutch government debated in parliament on Wednesday (June 4) a day after it collapsed.

The breakup will most likely usher in a snap election, after anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders quit the right-wing coalition, accusing other parties of failing to back his tougher immigration policies.

But Prime Minister Dick Schoof, an independent, accused the political maverick of irresponsibility, and the other coalition parties denied failing to support Wilders, saying they had been awaiting proposals from his PVV party's own migration minister.

PVV ministers will quit the cabinet, leaving the others to continue as a caretaker administration until an election unlikely to be held before October.

Frustration with migration and the high cost of living is boosting the far right and widening divisions in Europe, just as it needs unity to deal effectively with a hostile Russia and an unpredictable and combative U.S. president in the form of Donald Trump.

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THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (JUNE 4, 2025) (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF FAR RIGHT LEADER GEERT WILDERS IN PARLIAMENT

2. DUTCH PRIME MINISTER DICK SCHOOF TAKING SEAT

3. MINISTERS

4. SCHOOF SPEAKING

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) DUTCH PRIME MINISTER, DICK SCHOOF, SAYING:

"Life in the Netherlands and abroad continues and decisions that cannot be postponed must be made. As far as I am concerned, that is the case for security, both nationally and internationally, including support for Ukraine and everything that is needed for defence. In my view, international economic relations, including the ongoing discussion about trade tariffs, also fall under this because it can have a direct effect on the Dutch economy and on our business community."

6. SESSION IN PROGRESS

7. WILDERS SEATED

8. MINISTER SEATED

9. VARIOUS OF WILDERS WALKING TO PODIUM

10. (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) FAR RIGHT LEADER, GEERT WILDERS, SAYING:

"People in the Netherlands are increasingly feeling like a stranger in their own city and strangers in their own neighbourhood, sometimes even a stranger in their own street, and that they no longer know their country. They no longer recognise themselves and their cultures."

11. SCHOOF

12. VARIOUS OF WILDERS WALKING FROM PODIUM