What does it mean that the Dutch Government collapsed?
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The Dutch cabinet consists of ministers and state secretaries of different political parties. On to the issue of immigration it turned out that the political parties could no longer find common ground. Therefore their cooperation ceased. That is what is meant by collapse.
Now there will be new elections organised for later this year. In the meantime the ministers of some of these parties will continue to cooperate, but in a more restrictive function, which is called a demissionary status. It means they can no longer implement new policies and laws, only continue with the old ones or act during acute crises.
They will continue in this caretaker capacity until a new cabinet can be installed. A new cabinet is formed during the formation process after elections are held, but this process can take quite a while. Essentially it means that certain political parties form a new coalition and decide what their common plan is and who gets which ministerial position.
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