Geert Wilders blamed the other parties in the Netherlands’ four-way coalition government for refusing to sign off on his asylum and border reform plans, and for trying to change the original coalition agreement, when he withdrew the votes of his Party for Freedom (PVV) members of parliament on Tuesday morning.

Prime Minister Dick Schoof, a technocrat installed as leader as the other parties were unwilling to crown kingmaker Wilders as Prime Minister himself, will make a statement to the Dutch parliament on Tuesday.

While the other parties involved, the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB) party, the New Social Contract (NCC), and the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), initially expressed hope of inviting support from the left to keep the government limping on — and this is theoretically feasible — observers doubt that this would be likely. The government will continue in ‘caretaker’ mode. It will be unable to make major new decisions, and it appears the only option left is fresh national elections to select a new parliament.

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