Dutch Government Collapses After Wilders Pulls Party Out of Coalition

The Party for Freedom leader said his party was leaving the coalition after other parties refused to approve his measures to stop illegal immigration.
Dutch Government Collapses After Wilders Pulls Party Out of Coalition
Dutch radical right party PVV leader Geert Wilders addresses the media as he arrives for the weekly coalition talks in the Lower House in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 3, 2025. Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
Guy Birchall
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The Dutch government collapsed after Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders said his party would pull out of the governing coalition on Tuesday.

Wilders said other coalition parties were unwilling to acquiesce to his wishes to completely stop illegal immigration, which he had demanded support for last week.

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